Nanny didn't so much enter places as insinuate herself; she had unconsciously taken a natural talent for liking people and developed it into an occult science.
To hint; to suggest by remote allusion; often used derogatorily; as, did you mean to insinuate anything? To push or work (one's self), as into favor; to introduce by slow, gentle, or artful means; to ingratiate; used reflexively
disapproval If you say that someone insinuates that something bad is the case, you mean that they say it in an indirect way. The libel claim followed an article which insinuated that the President was lying = imply + insinuation insinuations in·sin·ua·tion He speaks with rage of insinuations that there's a `gay mafia' in Hollywood
disapproval If you say that someone insinuates themselves into a particular situation, you mean that they manage very cleverly, and perhaps dishonestly, to get into that situation. He gradually insinuated himself into her life. = worm