Definitions
1.NounThe act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
2.NounThe act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
3.NounThe art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
4.NounThat which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion"Slander may be conveyed by insinuations."