BEFORE Sept. 11, 2001, it would have been difficult to speak meaningfully about a "neoconservative foreign policy."

He spoke meaningfully.

Clichés crowd the mind whenever we try to speak meaningfully about the things we love, but the congestion is especially thick around discussions of soccer.

Indeed it is hardly possible to speak meaningfully of any qualities as "compresent" in such cases without positing a re-identifiable "transcendent" object.

One can meaningfully speak of tolerating, ie of allowing or permitting, only if one is in a position to disallow".

The deacon sniffed around suspiciously, spoke meaningfully of the penalties for illicit distilling and other illegal activities, and rapped the wall in one or two places.

He moved around the table to her and as he moved he spoke slowly and meaningfully.

But it is nonetheless possible to speak meaningfully about changes in Court "philosophy" over time.

"But don't you think it better--" Hastings began, when Poirot interrupted him, now speaking solemnly and meaningfully.