WordNet
n. the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, verbiage]
Usage examples of "choice of words".
Obviously, I had no way to know that before she explained it to me, but once again her manner was extremely insolent, and both her tone and her choice of words were, in my opinion, intended to express contempt for a superior officer.
His eyes twinkled at his own choice of words, and Honor hid a smile.
It showed in both her choice of words and her tone, and a small voice in the back of her brain told her she should reconsider before she sent it.
At the same time, both his tone and his choice of words seemed to her to indicate a certain contempt for the Erewhonese, as well.
There was a subtle message in Speer's choice of words, and he wondered if perhaps she might have more of a point than he realized .