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MANNER OF SPEAKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
Example:
I detected a slight accent in his speech
Synonyms:
delivery; manner of speaking; speech
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("manner of speaking" is a kind of...):
expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manner of speaking"):
address (the manner of speaking to another individual)
catch (a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion))
tongue (a manner of speaking)
shibboleth (a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people)
tone; tone of voice (the quality of a person's voice)
elocution (an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture)
inflection; prosody (the patterns of stress and intonation in a language)
inflection; modulation (a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified)
Holonyms ("manner of speaking" is a part of...):
paralanguage; paralinguistic communication (the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings)
Context examples:
She would swear the same, in a manner of speaking, before chaplain.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
We bargained, him and I, and here we are: stores, brandy, block house, the firewood you was thoughtful enough to cut, and in a manner of speaking, the whole blessed boat, from cross-trees to kelson.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
