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Definition: Manner Of Speaking |
Manner Of SpeakingNoun1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Manner Of SpeakingSynonyms: delivery (n), speech (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Manner Of Speaking |
| English words defined with "manner of speaking": address, as we say ♦ Babyism ♦ delivery, Dulciloquy ♦ elocution ♦ idiom ♦ paralanguage, paralinguistic communication, parlance, Parlante ♦ sharp tongue, shibboleth, shout, so to speak, speech ♦ tongue, tongued. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "manner of speaking": Idiotism. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And now I'm thinking that your suggestion of transferring Santiago, while expeditious, and certainly painless, might not be in a manner of speaking, the American way. Santiago stays where he is. We're gonna train the lad. You're in charge, Jon. Santiago doesn't make 4,6 - 4,6 on his next fitness report, I'm gonna blame you. Then I'm going to kill you. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin. Based on the play by Aaron Sorkin.) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expression using "manner of speaking": in a manner of speaking. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "manner of speaking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 語氣 (mood, tone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puhetapa (mode of expression). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | façon de parler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 語気 (tone), 言い振り , 言い様 , 物言い (objection, protest, quarrel, rumor, way of speaking), 弁口 (speech). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | べ""う (speech), いいぶり, いいよう, "き (tone, writing error), ものいい (objection, protest, quarrel, rumor, way of speaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | annermay ofay eakingspay cã sã spunem aşa (in a manner of speaking). (various references) por así decirlo (in a manner of speaking), en manera de hablar (in a manner of speaking), en manera de habla (in a manner of speaking). (various references) tabiri caizse (as the phrase goes, in a manner of speaking, so to say, so to speak), sözün gelişi (context, in a manner of speaking), bir anlamda (in a manner of speaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | eloqui, eloquia, eloquii, eloquio, eloquium. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-f-g-i-k-m-n-n-n-o-p-r-s" | |
-4 letters: forespeaking. | |
-5 letters: frangipanes, nonspeaking, spermagonia. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 6E 65 72      4F 66      53 70 65 61 6B 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01101110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01010011 01110000 01100101 01100001 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n n e r   O f   S p e a k i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 006E 0065 0072      004F 0066      0053 0070 0065 0061 006B 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767808071842497225382716777758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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