👉 In programming, a hintedly is a type of variable that can be assigned values to. It's like a secret code or hint in coding. In this context, it refers to a variable that's being used but not yet fully defined (like a placeholder for something you're trying to understand). So, if you assign a value to the "hintedly" variable, it won't actually be used until later on in your program, when you'll see what it does.