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Oratio recta
Answer for the clue "Oratio recta ", 13 letters:
direct speech
Word definitions for direct speech in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Quoted phrases, distinguishing direct speech , quotation, terms and glosses, cited phrases etc. ▪ They believe music causes less offence to the listener than direct speech . ▪ They should be shown how to set out and punctuate ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context grammar English) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Direct or quoted speech is a sentence (or several sentences) that reports speech or thought in its original form phrased by the original speaker. It is usually enclosed in quotation marks . The cited speaker is either mentioned in the inquit ( Latin "he/she ...
Usage examples of direct speech.
But these schemes always had a tendency to move into pure narrative, especially by the introduction of short passages of direct speech.
Inside, I signed my name to the log and walked forward, coughing tactfully to alert the eleven o'clock adorer to my presence without the rudeness of direct speech.
Before the soldiers went about their duties or to sleep, the ironlord gave them a short, direct speech about the crusade.
It never led to direct speech, but it did give expression to a wider range of concepts.
Their father had always been a direct man, given to direct speech and never at a loss for words to express himself.
They're communicating with each other by direct speech through the helmet contact.
The sourness that she had felt over Glinda's betrayal was ameliorated by Boq's common courtesy and direct speech.
For all of her direct speech, the woman still didn't really explain things.
I cried, and my voice came out as direct speech, intimate, just between us.