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speechworthy

speechworthy adjective: worthy of speech or of being spoken.

Adjective

speechworthy (comparative speechworthier or more speechworthy, superlative speechworthiest or most speechworthy)

  1. Worthy of speech or of being spoken.
    • Further, whatever is speechworthy, whatever can be understood, is language.1988, Proceedings of the american catholic philosophical association
  2. Fit for a speech.
    • [...] something most delegates would be able to appreciate at face value, and Llewellyn Smith had earmarked it as being speechworthy.2002, Gordon Fraser, Antimatter: The Ultimate Mirror

Forms of speechworthy

comparativespeechworthier
comparativemore speechworthy
superlativespeechworthiest
superlativemost speechworthy

Origin of speechworthy

From speech + -worthy.

Questions about speechworthy

What does speechworthy mean?
Speechworthy means worthy of speech or of being spoken.
What part of speech is speechworthy?
Speechworthy is an adjective.

Words near speechworthy in the dictionary

  1. speechread
  2. speechreading
  3. speechreads
  4. speechway
  5. speechways
  6. speechworthy
  7. speechwright
  8. speechwrights
  9. speechwriter
  10. speechwriters
  11. speechwriting

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