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COLLOQUIAL

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• COLLOQUIAL (adjective)
The adjective COLLOQUIAL has 1 sense:

1. characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

Familiarity information: COLLOQUIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

• COLLOQUIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

Synonyms:

colloquial; conversational

Context examples:

wrote her letters in a colloquial style / the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English

Similar:

informal (used of spoken and written language)

"He who laughs last laughs best."
(English proverb)
"If heat is applied to iron long enough it will melt; if cold is applied to water long enough it will freeze."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"The person who pours water to other is the last one to drink."
(Arabic proverb)
"Being able to feel it on wooden shoes."
(Dutch proverb)

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