facility of speech

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Ultimately, it seeks to explain the ages-old mystery of precisely how and why man developed the unique facility of speech as an expression of thought, which, more than any other activity, separates him from animals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through constant study, and by leading the life of an ascetic, he acquired a facility of speech which obtained for him a great reputation amongst the uneducated and superstitious classes in which he moved.

From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.

Claudine appeared to her to have an even greater than common facility of speech; it only needed a single hesitating phrase to open the floodgates, and let out a torrent.

From A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 A Novel by Coghill, Harry, Mrs.

Moreover, the practise of fitting words to the mouth rapidly develops fluency and facility of speech.

From Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English by Kleiser, Grenville

Eloquence, or at least a certain facility of speech, is one of the gifts of the man of poise.

From Poise: How to Attain It by Starke, D.