Hint and Reasoning

Hint

Hint noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).

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Reasoning and hint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reasoning" instead a noun "Hint".

Nearby Words: hinted, hinting

Reasoning noun - The thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems.

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Hint and reasoning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hint" instead a noun "Reasoning".

Nearby Words: reason, reasonable, reasoned, reasonably

good	good hint	good reasoning
clear	clear hint	clear reasoning
actual	actual hint	actual reasoning
real	real hint	real reasoning
Other adjectives: little, main, vague, further.

This is the first hint that David and Nancy's romance has progressed that far (although possibly it was just a callback to their first kiss combined with a bit of deductive reasoning).

Source: Webcomic / Ow, my sanity
But while this does have a hint of a trope which I despise - that her adoptive father isn't her "real" father, that she's not really Leia Organa - it does have some good reasoning, and I like the sad, contemplative tone.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Star Wars

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