speaking
noun
the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
well-speaking
-
a word derived from
speaking.
Example Sentences
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The word is accurately opposed to 'Euphemy,' the right or well-speaking of God and His world; and the two modes of speech are those which going out of the mouth sanctify or defile the man.
From The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 by John Ruskin
It may be noted that a lecture upon the art of well-speaking, brought upon the lecturer the derision of Butler, author of Hudibras.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
To be wise is the use of wisdom, as seeing is the use of eyes and well-speaking the use of eloquence.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
Yet even this might pass for tolerable, did it put young beginners in the least way to well-speaking.
From The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter by William Burnaby
A good-looking and well-speaking friend of mine, E. H.
From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper
