speakinglyadv.
In a speaking or eloquent manner; strikingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adverb]
significatively?a1475
significantly1577
expressively?1623
speakingly1640
meaninglya1750
significant1861
pregnantly1878
meaningfully1890
1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. K3 A Mute is one that acteth speakingly, And yet sayes nothing.
1746 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 250 How solemnly they recognize the fate of others, and speakingly remind us of our own.
1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto v. 160 The judgments which the portents of these days but too speakingly denounce against thy house.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 286 It is surprisingly clever, and speakingly characteristic.
Derivatives
ˈspeakingness n. rare
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > elegance > [noun]
facunda1340
rhetoricc1405
elegancy?a1475
elegance?1504
facundity1530
grace1530
festivity1542
roundness1557
concinnity1577
style1589
comptness1611
politeness1627
concinneness1655
speakingness1851
style1851
daintiness1878
yugen1921
simplex munditiis1933
1851 J. Brown Lett. (1907) 94 Such a voice for..sweetness, and power—and a certain speakingness.
1957 E. Bowen in K. Mansfield 34 Short Stories 15 Words had but one appeal for her, that of speakingness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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