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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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
The Admiral would send to land but one boat, and in it for envoy Pedro de Terreros, a well-speaking man and known to Don Nicholas de Ovando.
From 1492 by Mary Johnston
A good-looking and well-speaking friend of mine, E. H.
From My Life as an Author by Martin Farquhar Tupper
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
