insinuations

noun

1. 1

   The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.

4. 4

   That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion

   “slander may be conveyed by insinuations.”