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speakingness

speakingness noun: expressiveness; eloquence.

Noun

speakingness (uncountable)

  1. Expressiveness; eloquence.
    • What pretence hath the unbeliever, or any heart, against the speakingness and significancy of this testimony?1822, John Howe, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A., page 402
  2. The quality of producing or conveying speech.
    • From this perspective, thematic or referential similarities count less than a sensually alert feel of the text: sounds, sights, echoes and colours as carried by the 'speakingness' of living language.2014, Claire Davison, Translation as Collaboration, page 52

Origin of speakingness

From speaking + -ness.

Questions about speakingness

What does speakingness mean?
Speakingness means expressiveness; eloquence.
What part of speech is speakingness?
Speakingness is a noun.

Words near speakingness in the dictionary

  1. speaking volumes
  2. speaking well of
  3. speaking with a forked tongue
  4. speaking with tongues
  5. speakingly
  6. speakingness
  7. speakings
  8. Speakman
  9. Speakmans
  10. speako
  11. speakos

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