释义 |
ˈspeakingly, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a speaking or eloquent manner; strikingly.
1633Brome Antipodes (1640) v. 4 A Mute is one that acteth speakingly, And yet sayes nothing. 1746Hervey Medit. (1818) 250 How solemnly they recognize the fate of others, and speakingly remind us of our own. 1765H. Walpole Otranto iv. (1798) 75 The judgments which the portents of these days but too speakingly denounce against thy house. 1831Fraser's Mag. IV. 286 It is surprisingly clever, and speakingly characteristic. So ˈspeakingness. rare.
1851J. Brown Lett. (1907) 94 Such a voice for..sweetness, and power—and a certain speakingness. 1957E. Bowen in K. Mansfield 34 Short Stories 15 Words had but one appeal for her, that of speakingness. |