addressing
/əˈdɹɛsɪŋ/ noun B2- A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
- Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
- A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
Plural addressings
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“You see,” said Danglars, addressing Caderousse, “the turn things have taken.
A FLY sat on the axle-tree of a chariot, and addressing the Draught-Mule said, “How slow you are!
“Madame,” replied Villefort, with a mournful smile, “I have already had the honor to observe that my father has—at least, I hope so—abjured his past errors, and that he is, at the present moment, a firm and zealous friend to religion and order—a better royalist, possibly, than his son; for he has to atone for past dereliction, while I have no other impulse than warm, decided preference and conviction.” Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.
“You were wishing just now,” said Villefort, addressing her, “that I were a doctor instead of a lawyer.
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