The act of speaking or talking; the use of speech. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ231205 |
| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > phrases indicating mode of expression [phrase] (4) by language?c1450 The act of speaking or talking; the use of speech. Obsolete. so to speak1553 In various parenthetical and other phrases. In the infinitive, esp. so to speak. as they (etc.) speak1595 In various parenthetical and other phrases. as they (etc.) speak, = as the phrase is. in a manner of speaking1890 manner of speaking n. form of expression. in a manner of speaking: as one might say, so to speak. |
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