vihjailla — meaning in English

English meaning

• glance verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
• imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
• suggest verb To put forward an idea or possibility for consideration.

Senses

vihjailla is used for these senses in English:

• glance To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
• imply (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
• suggest (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

glance — full definition

1. verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
2. verb To strike something at an angle and bounce off in another direction, rather than hitting it straight on.
3. noun A quick, brief look.

imply — full definition

1. verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
2. verb To lead logically to a conclusion; to have as a necessary consequence.

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