The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TONE , but the solution may also be IDIOM which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Newsday).
Way of speaking crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TONE | 50 % | 4 |
| IDIOM | 25 % | 5 |
| PARLANCE | 13 % | 8 |
| ACCENT | 13 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Way of speaking
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dialect
- accent
- idiolect
- homologue
- lect
- a priori
- attrition
- code
- language contact
- a posteriori
- nativism
- structuralism
Crossword Answer definitions
TONE noun- A specific pitch.
- (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- General character, mood, or trend.
- The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
- The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- State of mind; temper; mood.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- A gun
- To give a particular tone to
- To change the colour of
- To make (something) firmer
- To harmonize, especially in colour
- To utter with an affected tone.
- The one (of two)
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TONE
- Answering-machine sound
- Musician's concern
- Sound quality
- The sound of music
- Vocal quality
- Strad feature
- Two-__ (like some cars)
- Muscle quality
- Pitch
- Musical sound
More clues leading to the result IDIOM
- "In seventh heaven," e.g.
- "In the doghouse," e.g.
- Jargon
- Patois
- Peculiar to a language
- Figure of speech
- Firing on all cylinders, e.g.
- Many a long crossword answer
- Many a long crossword entry
- Shooting fish in a barrel, say
More clues leading to the result PARLANCE
- Manner of speaking
- Way of speaking.
- Debate.
- Diction.
- Conversation.
- Speech.
- Mode of speech
- Vernacular
- Lingo
- Idiom