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Colloquial

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Adjective

1. colloquial, conversational

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

Example Sentences:
'wrote her letters in a colloquial style'
'the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English'

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Colloquial

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adjective
1. 
of or relating to conversation
2. 
denoting or characterized by informal or conversational idiom or vocabulary
Compare informal

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Colloquial

see synonyms of colloquial
adjective
1. 
having to do with or like conversation; conversational
2. 
informal (sense e)

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Colloquial

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adj.
1. Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal.
2. Relating to conversation; conversational.

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