manner of speaking
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Noun (1)
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally“his manner of speaking was quite abrupt”“her speech was barren of southernisms”“I detected a slight accent in his speech”Synonyms: speechdeliveryType of expressive style, styleKinds tone, prosody, address, shibboleth, tongue, catch, elocution, modulationPart of paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
manner of speaking noun
The characteristic style or manner that a person uses to express himself orally. Syn. — delivery.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5