elocutionary

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All of it dares a certain kind of "Masterpiece" acolyte to complain missing the relative quietude of English countryside and nitpick over elocutionary details.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2022

Perhaps this video of his elocutionary prowess from preseason offers a glimpse of what to expect.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2018

A South American aristocrat who became socially ambitious in America, Felicia was an accomplished actress with an elevated elocutionary style that was losing favor to so-called naturalistic modes; she was good at narrating oratorios.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018

Breathtaking in both the literal and figurative sense, these works require the lung capacity of an Olympian marathoner with the elocutionary finesse of Shaw’s Professor Henry Higgins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2018

Was the crush I had on the Object a result of her elocutionary talent?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides