言いいよう

expression, noun

manner of speaking; way of saying something

Refers to how something is phrased or expressed; often used when commenting on wording or tone.

• 彼かれの言いいようには少すこし棘とげがあった。

  There was a bit of a sting in the way he said it.

• そんな言いいようはないだろう。

  That's no way to talk.

adverb

as one speaks; at the same time as speaking

Only with reading いいざま

Adverbial use with reading いいざま; describes an action done while speaking. Rare and somewhat literary.

• 彼かれは言いいざまに立たち上あがった。

  He stood up as he spoke.