Home › Words › S › speakingnessspeakingnessspeakingness means expressiveness; eloquence.EtymologyFrom speaking + -ness.nounExpressiveness; eloquence.e.g.“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:The quality of producing or conveying speech.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.speakingly 73% match — In an expressive manner. vs speakingness →eloquentness 70% match — The quality of being eloquent. vs speakingness →speakerly 65% match — Befitting a speaker or orator. vs speakingness →vocalness 65% match — The quality of being vocal; outspokenness. vs speakingness →expressibility 65% match — The quality of being expressible. vs speakingness →speeching 63% match — The act of making a speech. vs speakingness →outspokenness 62% match — The quality of being outspoken. vs speakingness →communicativeness 62% match — The state or quality of being communicative. vs speakingness →