Definitions

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  • adjective Befitting a speaker or orator.

Etymologies

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speaker +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Contemporary Literature: "I am writing for the eye and the ear at once, at that intersection of orality and literacy, wanting to make sure that there is a troubled, disturbing aspect to the work so that it is never just a 'speakerly' or a 'writerly' text."

    PoetryFoundation.org 2009

  • Contemporary Literature: "I am writing for the eye and the ear at once, at that intersection of orality and literacy, wanting to make sure that there is a troubled, disturbing aspect to the work so that it is never just a 'speakerly' or a 'writerly' text."

    PoetryFoundation.org 2009

  • Contemporary Literature: "I am writing for the eye and the ear at once, at that intersection of orality and literacy, wanting to make sure that there is a troubled, disturbing aspect to the work so that it is never just a 'speakerly' or a 'writerly' text."

    PoetryFoundation.org 2009

  • Contemporary Literature: "I am writing for the eye and the ear at once, at that intersection of orality and literacy, wanting to make sure that there is a troubled, disturbing aspect to the work so that it is never just a 'speakerly' or a 'writerly' text."

    PoetryFoundation.org 2009

  • Contemporary Literature: "I am writing for the eye and the ear at once, at that intersection of orality and literacy, wanting to make sure that there is a troubled, disturbing aspect to the work so that it is never just a 'speakerly' or a 'writerly' text."

    PoetryFoundation.org 2009

  • This gives us something else to push against by including at least one other level of the drama, the placement of word stress in the various types of phrasal verb being discussed, which in turn feeds the speakerly right to flout it in context.

    P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • This gives us something else to push against by including at least one other level of the drama, the placement of word stress in the various types of phrasal verb being discussed, which in turn feeds the speakerly right to flout it in context.

    P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • When I suggest she doesn't want to waste Obama's time, she bridles with a flash of speakerly autonomy: "No. Nor do I wish to waste mine!"

    The Speaker Is in the House 2009

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