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colloquial |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Colloquial \Col*lo"qui*al\, a. [See {Colloqui}.] Pertaining to or used in conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence unstudied; informal; as colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. -- {Col*lo"qui*al*ly}, adv His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were indeed, of the highest order --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: colloquial adj : characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English" [syn: {conversational}]
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