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Meaning of 'colloquial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Colloquial [ a.]
- Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.

Meaning of 'colloquial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . colloquial [ s]
Meaning (1):
- characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
Example in sentence:
  • the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English;
  • wrote her letters in a colloquial style

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