inkling
IPA: ˈɪŋkɫɪŋ
noun
- Usually preceded by forms of to give: a slight hint, implication, or suggestion given.
- Often preceded by forms of to get or to have: an imprecise idea or slight knowledge of something; a suspicion.
- (Britain, dialectal) A desire, an inclination.
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Examples of "inkling" in Sentences
- I had the same inkling in my head as well.
- At the first inkling of a genuine issue, they react.
- I'm getting the inkling to just go ahead and do this.
- He is unchangeable, not even an inkling of change in him.
- I just saw the film and got no inkling this was the case.
- This has to give you the inkling that I know the difference.
- I didn't have any inkling of the complexity that abides here.
- He had no inkling of modern calculus and the fundamental theorems.
- The discussion was recorded in the book The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter.
- A review of army senior command will give an inkling of the logical candidate.
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