Meanings
adjectivesuggesting (comparative more suggesting, superlative most suggesting)
comparative more suggesting · superlative most suggesting
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of suggest
nounsuggesting (plural suggestings)
plural suggestings
- suggestion
By such means it will call into existence a myriad of inquirers who, without the suggestings and promptings of such minds as lead the operations of this institution, would never have directed a thought to science.
1836, The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal
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