Synonyms for suggestively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : suh g-jes-tiv, suh- |
| Phonetic Transcription : səgˈdʒɛs tɪv, sə- |
Définition of suggestively
Origin :- 1630s, "conveying a hint," from suggest + -ive. Specifically as a faintly euphemistic reference to proposals of indecent behavior, from 1888. Related: Suggestively; suggestiveness.
- As in obscenely : adv indecently
- Phil jingled them suggestively, and kept on into the restaurant.
- Extract from : « The Spoilers of the Valley » by Robert Watson
- "While we speculate the dinner cools," said Miss Maddledock suggestively.
- Extract from : « Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York » by Lemuel Ely Quigg
- "If you mention me in dispatches," Bones went on suggestively.
- Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
- "I suppose my trunk is somewhere else," she said suggestively.
- Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
- "Unless we're going out to the stable," she said suggestively.
- Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
- “And also how to prevent others from avoiding it,” he replied, suggestively.
- Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott
- “I am sorry, but it is not necessary,” she replied, suggestively.
- Extract from : « Northern Lights » by Gilbert Parker
- It is the half-formed, the perplexed, and the suggestively monstrous.
- Extract from : « The Sense of Beauty » by George Santayana
- "No—physical hindrance that I know of," said he suggestively.
- Extract from : « Tonio, Son of the Sierras » by Charles King
- Malloy closed one eye and looked at Randy suggestively with the other.
- Extract from : « Randy of the River » by Horatio Alger Jr.
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