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speech way

speech way noun: a mode or manner of speaking (e.g. accent, lect, dialect, etc.).

Noun

speech way (plural speech ways)

  1. A mode or manner of speaking (e.g. accent, lect, dialect, etc.).
    • Virginia speech ways rapidly created their own local variations in such number and variety that by the nineteenth century the birthplace of a native could be located within a few miles by subtle distinctions in the way that he sounded a and r.1991, David Hackett Fischer, Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, page 263
    • In this manner the speech ways of this social class conformed to those of London to a considerable extent.2006, Geoffrey Forward, Pro Speech, page 39

Forms of speech way

pluralspeech ways

Origin of speech way

From speech + way.

Words that rhyme with speech way

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Questions about speech way

What does speech way mean?
Speech way means a mode or manner of speaking (e.g. accent, lect, dialect, etc.).
What part of speech is speech way?
Speech way is a noun.
What is the plural of speech way?
The plural of speech way is speech ways.

Words near speech way in the dictionary

  1. speech therapist
  2. speech therapists
  3. speech therapy
  4. speech time
  5. speech times
  6. speech way
  7. speech ways
  8. speech-based picking
  9. speech-crier
  10. speech-criers
  11. speechcraft

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