what does manner of speaking mean?
MANNER OF SPEAKING as NOUN
- Meaning
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
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- his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
- her speech was barren of southernisms
- I detected a slight accent in his speech
Hypernyms(s) manner of speaking is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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