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manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
もう少し言いようがあるだろう。
There must be a better way to say it.
ひどい言いようだと思った。
I thought it was a terrible way to put it.
彼女の言いように傷ついてしまったことを伝えた。
I told her that her way of saying it had hurt me.