Definition of "speechifying" []

• Present participle of speechify. (verb)
• The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory. (noun)
• The act of speaking, especially at excessive length. (noun)

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• "(And I actually agree with you a little bit -- his speechifying is a bit overrated.)"
• "But - and it's a big 'but' - speechifying is very worthy, but it's nothing without the deeds."
• "Indeed, even the students at Princeton would be hard-pressed to argue against such a reform of the filibuster, since extended speechifying is precisely the means they have used to make their point."