noun the art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
2. insinuation ·noun the act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
3. insinuation ·noun that which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion or intimation by distant allusion; as, slander may be conveyed by insinuations.
4. insinuation ·noun the act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means;
formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.