The phrasingof something that is said or written is the exact words that are chosen to express the ideas in it.
The phrasing of the question was vague. [+ of]
...a letter to the Pope, which necessitates careful phrasing.
2. uncountable noun
The phrasing of someone who is singing, playing a piece of music, acting, or reading something aloud is the way in which they divide up the work by pausing slightly in appropriate places.
...certain features that make a performance good or bad–the timing, the phrasing,and so on.
phrasing in British English
(ˈfreɪzɪŋ)
noun
1.
the way in which something is expressed, esp in writing; wording
2. music
the division of a melodic line, part, etc, into musical phrases
phrasing in American English
(ˈfreɪzɪŋ)
noun
1.
the act or manner of formulating phrases; phraseology
2.
the manner in which one phrases musical passages
Examples of 'phrasing' in a sentence
phrasing
What is the tone of this phrasing?
Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995)
They also supply incredible beauties of tone and phrasing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Census results have been criticised for the phrasing of the question 'Which religion are you?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The curious phrasing of her question sparked something in us, a conviction that we might not have had otherwise.
Christianity Today (2000)
Here and there I thought she had not fully mastered the musical phrasing but no doubt that will come.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
Was Archbishop's obscure phrasing and bad timing to blame for uproar?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A great deal of care and thought about phrasing, articulation, accents and dynamics has evidently gone into this impressive performance of the quintet.