adumbrate meaning

adumbrate as a verb

1. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
   • sketch the outline of the book
   • outline his ideas

   Synonyms: sketch, outline

   Type of: describe

   Kinds: block out

2. give to understand
   • I insinuated that I did not like his wife

   Synonyms: intimate, insinuate

   Type of: hint

adumbrate in a sentence

• My girlfriend's terse responses began to adumbrate her desire to leave me and move back to Odessa.