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Manner of speaking (or writing) (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tone

I believe this is a double definition.

'manner of speaking' is the first definition.
(tone is a kind of manner of speaking)

'writing' is the second definition.
(tone is a kind of writing)

(Other definitions for tone that I've seen before include "Quality of a person's voice" , "A pitch of note" , "Theobald Wolf . . . ." , "Bodily firmness" , "Note as in voice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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