Saying
['seɪɪŋ] or ['seɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; 'pardon the expression'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Say
(n.) That which is said; a declaration; a statement, especially a proverbial one; an aphorism; a proverb.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Expression, observation, remark, declaration, statement.[2]. Proverb, saw, maxim, aphorism, adage, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Assertion, maxim, saw, dictum, declaration, speech, byword, proverb, aphorism,apothegm
ANT:Dissertation, disquisition, essay, ratiocination, rigmarole, yarn,circumlocution
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Examples
- He has just been saying that he doesn't care to speak of it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In saying what he said then, he never looked at her; but looked at it and wrenched at it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Why should I mind saying I want to get into society? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- And what was Eva saying to Mammy on the stairs? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Little Dorrit tried to stop her from saying anything, but she answered that she would, she must! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I could not help saying, If you were a wicked, designing man, how terrible would all this be! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I have always been accused of being immoderate and saying too much. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To hang out a sign saying Come right in; there is no one at home is not the equivalent of hospitality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But her mother held her back, saying, with a look she seldom wore. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Will you give me a letter saying those words, which I can show to my sweetheart when he asks how I got the money? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I was saying, she told him, that you must not worry about your work because I will not bother you nor interfere. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He got up hastily, and saying, By the way, I must speak to Wright about the horses, shuffled quickly out of the room. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I think Mr Headstone had better not say what he thinks of saying. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The 'Family Record'--a registry of sayings, reminiscences, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nor is it strange that latter-day research should confirm so many sayings of the poets. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One of his sayings may be quoted here: It is impossible to withdraw from the world, and associate with birds and beasts that have no affinity with us. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tis one of the truest sayings ever spit out. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Yet there were other sayings of theirs, which, when she reached the quiet safety of home, amused her even while they irritated her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Now, yo' say these are true things, and true sayings, and a true life. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The multitude have something else to do than to read hearts and interpret dark sayings. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Norton