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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Hack :: Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough..
Plain-spoken :: Plain-spoken (a.) Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words..
Modulate :: Modulate (v. t.) To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as, the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking..
Us :: Us (pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object; ourselves; -- the objective case of we. See We..
Dentiloquy :: Dentiloquy (n.) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth, or with them closed..
Prosopop/ia :: Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification..
Gesticulate :: Gesticulate (v. i.) To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures..
Hack :: Hack (v. t.) Fig.: To mangle in speaking.
Alternation :: Alternation (n.) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
Stepped :: Stentorophonic (a.) Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian.
Speech :: Speech (n.) he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation..
Guise :: Guise (n.) Customary way of speaking or acting; custom; fashion; manner; behavior; mien; mode; practice; -- often used formerly in such phrases as: at his own guise; that is, in his own fashion, to suit himself..
Forespeaking :: Forespeaking (n.) A prediction; also, a preface..
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..
Sensationalist :: Sensationalist (n.) One who practices sensational writing or speaking.
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Panegyrist :: Panegyrist (n.) One who delivers a panegyric; a eulogist; one who extols or praises, either by writing or speaking..
Pretty-spoken :: Pretty-spoken (a.) Spoken or speaking prettily.
Concise :: Concise (a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
Londonism :: Londonism (n.) A characteristic of Londoners; a mode of speaking peculiar to London.
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