manner of utterance

  • 1utterance — utterance1 /ut euhr euhns/, n. 1. an act of uttering; vocal expression. 2. manner of speaking; power of speaking: His very utterance was spellbinding. 3. something uttered; a word or words uttered; a cry, animal s call, or the like. 4. Ling. any… …

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  • 2utterance — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, address, adjectival phrase, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, answer, antonym, apostrophe, articulation, assertion, asseveration, attack, averment, avouchment, avowal,… …

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  • 3manner of speaking — Synonyms and related words: adjectival phrase, affectation, asiaticism, clause, command of language, construction, device, euphuism, exaggeration, expression, expression of ideas, fashion, feeling for words, figurative language, figurativeness,… …

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  • 4utterance — I. noun Etymology: Middle English outraunce, uttraunce, from Middle French outrance, from outrer to go beyond more at outré Date: 15th century archaic the last extremity ; bitter end II. noun Date: 15th century 1 …

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  • 5utterance — I ut•ter•ance [[t]ˈʌt ər əns[/t]] n. 1) an act of uttering; vocal expression 2) something uttered 3) manner or power of speaking 4) ling. Ling. any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence or a change… …

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  • 6utterance — I. /ˈʌtrəns/ (say utruhns), /ˈʌtərəns/ (say utuhruhns) noun 1. the act of uttering; vocal expression. 2. manner of speaking; power of speaking. 3. something uttered, as a word or words uttered, a cry, animal s call, or the like. 4. a putting into …

  • 7utterance — n. 1 the act or an instance of uttering. 2 a thing spoken. 3 a the power of speaking. b a manner of speaking. 4 Linguistics an uninterrupted chain of spoken or written words not necessarily corresponding to a single or complete grammatical unit …

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  • 8so — so1 /soh/, adv. 1. in the way or manner indicated, described, or implied: Do it so. 2. in that or this manner or fashion; thus: So it turned out. 3. in the aforesaid state or condition: It is broken and has long been so. 4. to the extent or… …

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  • 9so — I [[t]soʊ[/t]] adv. 1) in the way or manner indicated: Do it so[/ex] 2) in that or this manner or fashion; thus: So it turned out[/ex] 3) in the aforesaid state or condition: It is broken and has long been so[/ex] 4) to the extent or degree… …

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  • 10Orotund — O ro*tund , a. [L. os, oris, the mouth + rotundus round, smooth.] Characterized by fullness, clearness, strength, and smoothness; ringing and musical; said of the voice or manner of utterance. n. The orotund voice or utterance Rush. [1913… …

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