wording

wording
    n 1: the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use
         concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: {wording},
         {diction}, {phrasing}, {phraseology}, {choice of words},
         {verbiage}]
    

Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wording}.]
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   1. To express in words; to phrase.
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            The apology for the king is the same, but worded
            with greater deference to that great prince.
                                                  --Addison.
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   2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a
      word or words. [Obs.] --Howell.
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   3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   {To word it}, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] "To word it
      with a shrew." --L'Estrange.
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Wording \Word"ing\, n.
   The act or manner of expressing in words; style of
   expression; phrasing.
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         It is believed this wording was above his known style.
                                                  --Milton.
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "wording":
      choice of words, composition, dialect, diction, expression,
      formulation, grammar, idiom, language, locution, mode, parlance,
      phrase, phraseology, phrasing, rhetoric, speech, style, talk,
      usage, use of words, usus loquendi, verbalism, verbiage, wordage