vihjaavasta

Vihjaavasta is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective vihjaava, meaning "hinting" or "insinuating." As an adjective, vihjaava describes something that implies or suggests something indirectly rather than stating it explicitly. The elative form vihjaavasta indicates "from a hinting/insinuating X" and is used with nouns in the elative case, for example ilmauksesta (from a hinting expression) or sävystä (from a suggestive tone). Other inflections include vihjaava (nominative), vihjaavan (genitive), vihjaavaan (illative) and vihjaavaa (partitive).

Usage: Common in linguistic description, literary criticism, journalism, and discussions about communication styles. It often carries a negative or critical nuance, but can be neutral when describing stylistic features.

Examples:

- Puheessaan hän käytti vihjaavaa sävyä. (In his speech he used a suggestive tone.)

- Keskustelussa puhuttiin vihjaavasta ilmauksesta. (The discussion concerned a hinting expression.)

Notes: Finnish adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number, case, and definiteness; elative is one of the language’s cases. vihjaava is derived from the verb vihjata, meaning "to hint."