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suggestively

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sug·ges·tive  (sg-jstv, s-js-)
adj.
1.
a. Tending to suggest; evocative: artifacts suggestive of an ancient society.
b. Stimulating further thought: "Suggestive here is the Southern, often Western and rural locus of these tales" (Mark Muro).
c. Conveying a hint or suggestion: conveyed the message with a few suggestive words.
2. Tending to suggest something improper or indecent: a controversial song with highly suggestive lyrics.
sug·gestive·ly adv.
sug·gestive·ness n.
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Adv.1.suggestively - in a suggestive manner; "she smiled suggestively"


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What seems most singular and suggestively important in this story, is this: it was from Joppa that Jonah set sail.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Mother Atkinson, as all called their hostess, was the merriest there, and the busiest; for she kept flying up to wait on the children, to bring out some new dish, or to banish the live stock, who were of such a social turn that the colt came into the entry and demanded sugar; the cats sat about in people's laps, winking suggestively at the food; and speckled hens cleared the kitchen floor of crumbs, as they joined in the chat with a cheerful clucking.
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And then he remembered the porter, who stood suggestively attentive, words of gratitude hanging on his lips.
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