phraseology
manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
expressions; phrases: obscure phraseology.
Origin of phraseology
1synonym study For phraseology
Other words from phraseology
- phra·se·o·log·i·cal [frey-zee-uh-loj-i-kuhl], /ˌfreɪ zi əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl/, phra·se·o·log·ic, adjective
- phra·se·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
Words Nearby phraseology
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How to use phraseology in a sentence
This letter indirectly points out two long-standing radical errors in engineering phraseology.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickLike a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanScotch shrewdness expresses itself in a phraseology all its own, and of which Donald alone possesses the secret.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellSeveral claims may be made, but they should not be varying phraseology for the same thing.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesI am allowed to receive all mail sent, "of moral contents," in the phraseology of the rules.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for phraseology
/ (ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ) /
the manner in which words or phrases are used
a set of phrases used by a particular group of people
Derived forms of phraseology
- phraseological (ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl), adjective
- phraseologically, adverb
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