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by-speech

by-speech is the alternative form of byspeech.

Meaning of byspeech

Noun

byspeech (plural byspeeches)

  1. An incidental or casual speech not directly relating to the point.
    • That notwithstanding, I would of course suggest that the whole damn corpus is a "byspeech", and morality and ethical conduct come from much more reliable sources - our experience and application of our social relationships that do not require the alleged authority of a text or an imaginary supreme...2008, Heliopolitan, My Archbishop is a 'false teacher' says priest, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2008/07/my_archbishop_is_a_false_teach.html

Forms of by-speech

pluralby-speeches

Questions about by-speech

What is by-speech the alternative form of?
By-speech is the alternative form of byspeech.

Words near by-speech in the dictionary

  1. by-respect
  2. by-respects
  3. by-room
  4. by-rooms
  5. by-running
  6. by-speech
  7. by-speeches
  8. by-stander
  9. by-standers
  10. by-street
  11. by-streets

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