Bawl, i.e., in miserable style (6)
I believe the answer is:
bewail
'miserable style' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'bawl i e' is the wordplay.
'bawl i e' can be anagrammed to 'BEWAIL'.
Though, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bewail that I've seen before include "Greatly lament" , "Cry over, mourn for" , "Express grief" , "Goose-liver pate" , "Loudly regret" .)