より(も)むしろ => rather; instead; better ~ N3
ように言う/頼む/注意する/伝える => to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach. N3
と言う/と言っていた => you could say; one might say; I'd say ~ N5
なくて済む/ないで済む => get by without doing ~ N2
と言っている => To say that ... N3
Speaking
というよりむしろ…だ => not so much A as B / B rather than A N2
Compare
と言っていました => Someone said... N4
Speaking
と[言「い」]うのは => Means, is N3
Information, Report
むき => facing towards N3
Direction
と言われている => it is said that ~ N3
Heard
よほど => very; greatly; much; to a large extent N2
どうも ... そうだ/ ようだ/ らしい => It seems, probably N3
Speculation