Inkling
['ɪŋklɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a slight suggestion or vague understanding; 'he had no inkling what was about to happen'.
Inputed by Jill--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A hint; an intimation.
Typist: Tyler
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Inclination, desire.[2]. Hint, intimation, whisper.
Typist: Miranda
Definition
n. a hint or whisper: intimation.—v.i. Ink′le to have a hint of.
Checker: Nona
Examples
- Wildeve had not received an inkling of the fact before, and a sudden expression of pain overspread his face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- All he needed was to let people get an inkling of what the news was. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- With Eduardo Lucas lies the solution of our problem, though I must admit that I have not an inkling as to what form it may take. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dear mama, there, as soon as she got an inkling of the business, found out that it was of an immoral tendency. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He gave the princes and ruling classes of India some inklings at least of a common interest. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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