Definition of speaking

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Speaking (a.) Seeming to be capable of speech; hence, lifelike; as, a speaking likeness..

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Melliloquent :: Melliloquent (a.) Speaking sweetly or harmoniously.
Plain-spoken :: Plain-spoken (a.) Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words..
Battology :: Battology (n.) A needless repetition of words in speaking or writing.
Speaking :: Speaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spea.
Veriloquent :: Veriloquent (a.) Speaking truth; truthful.
Polyglottous :: Polyglottous (a.) Speaking many languages; polyglot.
Chant :: Chant (v. t.) Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
Utterance :: Utterance (n.) Power or style of speaking; as, a good utterance..
Silent :: Silent (a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
Splutterer :: Splutter (n.) A confused noise, as of hasty speaking..
Balaam :: Balaam (n.) A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking..
Note :: Note (n.) Hence, a writing intended to be used in speaking; memoranda to assist a speaker, being either a synopsis, or the full text of what is to be said; as, to preach from notes; also, a reporter's memoranda; the original report of a speech or of proceedings..
Pleonasm :: Pleonasm (n.) Redundancy of language in speaking or writing; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; as, I saw it with my own eyes..
Diversiloquent :: Diversiloquent (a.) Speaking in different ways.
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Spokeshave :: Spoken (a.) Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man..
Provincialism :: Provincialism (n.) A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality..
Straightway :: Straight-spoken (a.) Speaking with directness; plain-spoken.
Home-speaking :: Home-speaking (n.) Direct, forcible, and effective speaking..
Riddling :: Riddling (a.) Speaking in a riddle or riddles; containing a riddle.
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