suggestful
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]suggestful (comparative more suggestful, superlative most suggestful)
- (rare) Synonym of suggestive
- 1851 August 13, “Editorial Correspondence”, in The New-York Evangelist, published 1851, page 1, column 1:
- The historical associations which cluster around this gay, eventful and scenic metropolis, are full of interest, and suggestful of reflection.
- 1995, Joe R[ichard] Lansdale, The Two-Bear Mambo, New York, N.Y.: The Mysterious Press, →ISBN, page 115:
- He smiled at her, slow and suggestful, like he might be thinking about how nice it would be to fondle her hair.
Further reading
[edit]- Paul McFedries (1996–2024) “suggestful”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited.