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Definition of Colloquially
1. Adverb. With the use of colloquial expressions. "This building is colloquially referred to as The Barn"
Definition of Colloquially
1. Adverb. In a colloquial manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colloquially
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colloquially
Literary usage of Colloquially
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Hence the term is olien used colloquially as a designation of prohibitory laws
in general, as one would say, " Kansas, or Iowa, has adopted a ' Maine' law. ..."
2. The Methodist Church Property Case: Report of the Suit of Henry Bascom, and by R. Sutton (1851)
"There had been some exceptions, some of what we may colloquially call " flare-ups,"
here and there, and had met, not the'break- water of the Baltimore ..."
3. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"one more expressive than this, or that so easily conveys its meaning merely by
its sound. It is mostly used colloquially. 2. A foppish young fellow; ..."
4. Who's who in Pennsylvania: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries by John William Leonard (1908)
"He received a collegiate education in Hungary, learned Latin colloquially as a
child, and received the degrees of Litt.D. and Ph.D. from Hungarian colleges. ..."
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