speechify
Origin of speechify
1Other words from speechify
- speech·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
- speech·i·fi·er, noun
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How to use speechify in a sentence
Outside on a stage in the nearby Maidan loudspeakers boom out whoever is speechifying or singing.
Photographs Expose Russian-Trained Killers in Kiev | Jamie Dettmer | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith laudable promptness, the speechifying began, as promised, at 11.
Black American Leadership Alliance D.C. Anti-Immigration Rally Wilts | Michelle Cottle | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead, this was an aggressive collection, with more fist-pumping audacity than shrill speechifying.
Even now, at 68, he is constantly traveling, speechifying, and writing, with 23 books to his name (some branded and co-authored).
Newt Gingrich’s Bipolar Mother Kit Gingrich and His Difficult Childhood | Gail Sheehy | December 22, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTNo speechifying, no debates, no scolding of American provincialism, just a welcome view of what the rest of the world is reading.
The sultan had demanded to know what a certain reverend owl was speechifying about to another owl distantly related to him.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 (2 vols) | Thomas De QuinceyMme. Fortin was again at the door, speechifying in the midst of a group with indefatigable volubility.
Other People's Money | Emile GaboriauI presume that I shall next hear that he has left the plough to resume the pen and speechifying.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.2/3, 1836-1840 | Duchesse De DinoA great celebration took place, and there was much bouquet handing and speechifying, etc.
Fanny Goes to War | Pat BeauchampDry work, this speechifying; especially to an unpractised orator.
A Rill from the Town Pump (From "Twice Told Tales") | Nathaniel Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for speechify
/ (ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪ) /
to make a speech or speeches
to talk pompously and boringly
Derived forms of speechify
- speechification, noun
- speechifier, noun
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