Synonyms for inkling

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ingk-ling

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪŋk lɪŋ

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Définition of inkling

Origin : c.1400, apparently from the gerund of Middle English verb inclen "utter in an undertone, hint at, hint" (mid-14c.), which is of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old English inca "doubt, suspicion."

noun idea, clue

Example sentences :

A day's visit from Paris will give you an inkling of this, but only an inkling.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Then the parson had his first inkling that the strange visitor must be mad.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

I should judge, from that, he has an inkling of its value, and wants merely to corroborate it.
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

When they had had sufficient to eat and drink he allowed them to get an inkling of what was in his mind.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

Force was useless: in some trick lay the chance; and I had already an inkling of what we must do.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

We had an inkling that we might be able to engage ourselves at some of the shows.
Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

He appears to have an inkling of the truth that to the higher nature of man evil is involuntary.
Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato

That she has no inkling of our presence is proven, since she has cast anchor round the headland.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

But there would be a tragedy if Jack got an inkling of this, she well knew.
Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey

In Africa, by some of my comrades who had an inkling of the story!
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

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