hinted at

• suggestedOffered for consideration
• impliedSuggested without stating
• alludedReferenced indirectly
• insinuatedIndirectly suggested something
• intimatedSuggested indirectly

whispered · teased · foreshadowed · nudged · winked · subtle · veiled · oblique · cryptic · coy · evasive · between the lines · unspoken · underlying · shadowy · glimmer · trace · clue