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Definition of Insinuative
1. a. Stealing on or into the confidence or affections; having power to gain favor.
Definition of Insinuative
1. Adjective. Tending to insinuate; insinuating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insinuative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insinuative
Literary usage of Insinuative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Vernacular Literature: A Succinct History by Thomas Finlayson Henderson (1910)
"A characteristic example of his insinuative humour, and his terse and picturesque
vernacular, is the following extract from the ' Bill of Fare,' which, ..."
2. Tracts and Treatises of John de Wycliffe: With Selections and Translations by John Wycliffe, Robert Vaughan (1845)
"... in fact, Low for love of them he became so poor and needy, as saith the apostle
in 2 Cor. viii. Now such real begging, without insinuative petition, ..."
3. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"The water easily insinuates itself into and placidly distends the vessels of
vegetables. Woodward. It is a strange insinuative power which example and ..."
4. Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill (1895)
""My trouble!" said the leading lady, shrugging her shoulders. Pinchas made several
reappearances outside the open shop, with his insinuative finger on his ..."
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