He didn't have much of an accent, but it was there, if you listened, in his speech patterns and careful diction.

He spoke with careful diction, as if vetting each word's nuance before it passed his lips.

Joseph Kaiser, a tenor with notably careful diction, sings well despite lingering stress in his technique.

Not a cultivated accent, but with a careful diction.

There was much of the scholar about him: deliberate speech, careful diction, intelligent eyes with a golden cast.

This included careful diction and a sense for how much weight Gounod's vocal writing does and does not require.

I can't-' The woman spoke in the careful diction of one who refuses to be drunk.

The voice was warm and musical, with careful diction and soft vowels.

Lorcas spoke with slow and careful diction.

The undertaker's careful diction had slipped again, but his meaning was clear enough.