speakingness

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noun

Expressiveness; eloquence.

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Meanings

nounspeakingness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExpressiveness; eloquence.

    What pretence hath the unbeliever, or any heart, against the speakingness and significancy of this testimony?

    1822, John Howe, The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A., page 402
  2. uncountableThe quality of producing or conveying speech.

    From this perspective, thematic or referential similarities count less than a sensually alert feel of the text: sounds, sights, echoes and colours as carried by the 'speakingness' of living language.

    2014, Claire Davison, Translation as Collaboration, page 52

Origin

From speaking + -ness.

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APA

speakingness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakingness

MLA

“speakingness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakingness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speakingness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speakingness.

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