Easy going with no ego, in a manner of speaking (6)
I believe the answer is:
saying
'manner of speaking' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'easy going with no ego in a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'no' could be 'n' (common abbreviation) and 'n' is found in the answer.
'ego' could be 'i' and 'i' is present in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for saying that I've seen before include "Speaking of maxim?" , "Motto" , "Speaking; adage" , "Expressing in words" , "Apophthegm" .)