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colloquial
adjective
(col-lo-qui-al)
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Synonyms:
conversational
,
Examples:
Wrote her letters in a colloquial style.
Words Related to
colloquial
!
conversational
,
informal
,
romanized
,
familiar
,
popular
,
slangy
,
dialectal
,
idiomatic
,
grammatical
,
adjective
,
pejorative
,
latinate
,
untranslatable
,
shorthand
,
ungrammatical
,
syllabic
,
anglicised
,
derogative
,
katakana
,
polysyllabic
,
wolof
,
euphonious
,
onomatopoeic
,
euphemistic
,
unpoetic
,
adverbial
,
denotative
,
sesquipedalian
,
demotic
,
idiomatical
,
pronounceable
,
dorism
,
chaldaism
,
adjectival
,
prepositional
,
bisayan
,
jocular
,
infelicitous
,
descriptive
,
set phrase
,
alliterative
,
punning
,
phonetic
,
hebraistic
,
singsong
,
mellifluous
,
latinized
,
monoglot
,
unaccented
,
genitive
,
italicism
,
intransitive
,
sarcastic
,
wordy
,
transdialect
,
verbose
,
schwa
,
yiddish
,
orotund
,
etymological
,
plural
,
linguistic
,
subjunctive
,
pinche
,
deprecating
,
brachyology
,
content word
,
honorific
,
conversationism
,
hemingwayesque
,
politer
,
rhyming
,
derogatory
,
nahuatl
,
deprecatory
,
affectionate
,
artificial language
,
orthoepic
,
flowery
,
imparisyllabic
,
vernaculous
,
poetic
,
lingua franca
,
aitch
,
monosyllabic
,
condescending
,
humourous
,
common noun
,
basic english
,
jargonize
,
wop
,
nominative
,
frenchified
,
subject case
,
eye rhyme
,
major form class
,
digressive
,
lexical
,
prosodic
,
adnoun
,
colloquial
Examples by Brain Bank Users
By: Jamie
From:
Words From Novels or Stories - Nov 2018
I like colloquial prose, written for the masses, not the erudite among us.