Synonyms for phrasing


Grammar : Noun
Spell : frey-zing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfreɪ zɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for phrasing Other synonyms for the word phrasing

Définition of phrasing

Origin :
  • 1610s, verbal noun from phrase (v.).
  • noun wording
Example sentences :
  • I have only one reply for these persons; and, phrasing it as politely as I can, I say to them that they are all liars.
  • Extract from : « The Old Game » by Samuel G. Blythe
  • The phrasing was unfortunate, though its conciliatory intention was obvious.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • No amount of hacking work can take away the eloquence of this phrasing.
  • Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
  • He hung fire; he wanted me to help him by phrasing what he meant.
  • Extract from : « The Real Thing and Other Tales » by Henry James
  • For Bathsheba's phrasing of life was in the monosyllables of a rigid faith.
  • Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • The fault was only one of phrasing, or rather of incompleteness.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • During this revision she discussed questions of subject matter and phrasing.
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
  • No exception could be taken to the phrasing or form of this Order.
  • Extract from : « Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 » by Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • The phrasing of the edict was ambiguous, as Madison indicated.
  • Extract from : « Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 » by Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • But phrasing and spelling are not to be confounded with tone and style.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Mary Stuart » by Andrew Lang
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