manner of speaking

/ˈmænər əv ˈspikɪŋ/

/ˈmænə əv ˈspikɪŋ/

Other forms: manners of speaking

Definitions of manner of speaking

1. noun

   your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
   “his manner of speaking was quite abrupt”

   synonyms: delivery, speech

   types:

   address

   the manner of speaking to another individual

   catch

   a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)

   tongue

   a manner of speaking

   shibboleth

   a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

   tone, tone of voice

   the quality of a person's voice

   elocution

   an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture

   inflection, prosody

   the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

   inflection, modulation

   a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified

   sharp tongue

   a bitter or critical manner of speaking

   note

   a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling

   rotundity, roundness

   the fullness of a tone of voice

   undertone

   a quiet or hushed tone of voice

   cadence, intonation, modulation, pitch contour

   rise and fall of the voice pitch

   caesura

   a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line

   enjambement, enjambment

   the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause

   accent, emphasis, stress

   the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

   rhythm, speech rhythm

   the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

   type of:

   expressive style, style

   a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period