indirect+way
81hint — [[t]hɪ̱nt[/t]] ♦♦♦ hints, hinting, hinted 1) N COUNT: oft N that A hint is a suggestion about something that is made in an indirect way. The Minister gave a strong hint that the government were thinking of introducing tax concessions for mothers …
82hint — 1 noun (C) 1 something that you say or do in order to tell someone something in an indirect way, so that they can guess what you mean: drop a hint (that) (=give a hint): Harry was dropping hints that he wanted to be invited to the party. | a… …
83hint — I UK [hɪnt] / US noun Word forms hint : singular hint plural hints ** 1) [countable] something that you say to show what you are thinking or feeling, without saying it directly hint that: Was this a hint that he d had enough of her company for… …
84persuade */*/*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈsweɪd] / US [pərˈsweɪd] verb [transitive] Word forms persuade : present tense I/you/we/they persuade he/she/it persuades present participle persuading past tense persuaded past participle persuaded Ways of persuading someone to do/not… …
85feel out — verb try to learn someone s opinions and intentions I have to sound out the new professor • Syn: ↑check out, ↑sound out • Hypernyms: ↑question, ↑query • Verb Frames …
86allude to — al ˈlude ˌto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they allude to he/she/it alludes to present participle alluding to …
87round´a|bout´ness — round|a|bout «ROWND uh BOWT», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not straight; indirect: »a roundabout route, in a roundabout way. SYNONYM(S): circuitous. 2. that surrounds or encircles. 3. cut round at the bottom: »a roundabout coat or jacket …
88round|a|bout — «ROWND uh BOWT», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. not straight; indirect: »a roundabout route, in a roundabout way. SYNONYM(S): circuitous. 2. that surrounds or encircles. 3. cut round at the bottom: »a roundabout coat or jacket …
89in·sin·u·a·tion — /ınˌsınjəˈweıʃən/ noun, pl tions 1 [count] : a usually bad or insulting remark that is said in an indirect way I resent her insinuation that I can t do it without her help. 2 [noncount] : the act of saying something bad or insulting in an… …
90SHLONSKY, ABRAHAM — (1900–1973), Hebrew poet, editor, and translator. Shlonsky holds a central position in the development of modern Hebrew poetry and modern Israel poetry in particular. His work marks the transition from the rhetorical, didactic, naturalist type of …
