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speechworthy en · ADJ

Etymology

From speech + -worthy.

Meanings

  1. Worthy of speech or of being spoken.
    • Further, whatever is speechworthy, whatever can be understood, is language. 1988, Proceedings of the american catholic philosophical association
  2. Fit for a speech.
    • [...] something most delegates would be able to appreciate at face value, and Llewellyn Smith had earmarked it as being speechworthy. 2002, Gordon Fraser, Antimatter: The Ultimate Mirror:

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more speechworthy Degree=Cmp lexicographic
speechworthier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most speechworthy Degree=Sup lexicographic
speechworthiest Degree=Sup lexicographic