inkling
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6.1
- noun
- /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/
:
atisbo
- I suddenly had a pretty fair inkling of what cardiac arrest felt like.
- give an inkling
- get an inkling
- the first inkling
By the way, There's just an inkling of value to that approach.
- By the way, There's just an inkling of value to that approach.
- So I think some people might have an inkling of of this piece of work.
- It's like some inkling of some deep truth, right?
- He had an inkling that some guy in Stroud was an informant.
- Do you think there's any inkling of truth to what he felt?
- So I had a little doubt, but I, I did have an inkling.
- Well, God allows us to become parents so that we can have some inkling of his love for us.
- But there's tons of times where the woman goes to the phone, finds nothing but the the intuition, the inkling, the feeling is still there.
- The Major had given children his first inkling of what might be done with his line of merchandise.
- So that was the initial inkling and that actually gave birth to a company that became seen today.
- I have an inkling that this is a plant that will really show signs of lack of humidity.
- I think we have enough of an inkling to say it probably doesn't pan out as well as we would want it to.
- There's no any inkling of spiritual evolution.
- And it just even to this day, there's that little inkling of is this true?
- Did you did you have any inkling that he was?
Examples
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Do you have any inkling what it might be the number one food thing from the year?
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And no one else on earth had any inkling of where she was.
Fiction book (1995) -
So I think some people might have an inkling of of this piece of work.
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It's like some inkling of some deep truth, right?
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But here there is no inkling of it at all.
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Well, God allows us to become parents so that we can have some inkling of his love for us.
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What was the first inkling you had that you might be in danger of being arrested or worse?
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But there also seems to be an inkling in those sentences of the power of images.
Academic text (2000) -
At the time, no one had an inkling of the forces being unleashed.
Academic text (1999) -
After hearing the rumors, she had an inkling that something unusual was happening at work.
Synonyms
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2.4
A small amount of something you can just notice
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5.0
A small, faint feeling of hope or understanding
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7.7
A small hint that something is true or will happen
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6.3
A small sign that something may be true
A faint early hint of an idea that appears later
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
inkling = inkle (opaque) = inkle + ing
The word is historically built from the archaic verb 'inkle' plus '-ing', but 'inkle' is obscure for modern learners, so the meaning is not readily recoverable.
Etymology
Inkling breaks into ink and -ling, where -ling means 'small', as in duckling. Think of a tiny mark of ink as a small sign of something, so an inkling is a little hint or slight idea.