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Definition of Colloquial
1. Adjective. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation. "The broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"
Definition of Colloquial
1. a. Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style.
Definition of Colloquial
1. Adjective. (linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Colloquial
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colloquial
Literary usage of Colloquial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"That colloquial is widely assumed to be pejorative is amply attested: In particular
... March 1957 The tone is informal but not colloquial or condescending ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"(colloquial).—To expose as false : as a lie. [From putting a counterfeit coin out of
... (colloquial). See quot. 1708-, SWIFT, Polite Conversation^ i. ..."
3. Practical Public Speaking; a Text-book for Colleges and Secondary Schools: A by Solomon Henry Clark, Frederic Mason Blanchard (1899)
"The colloquial style is the basis of effective public speaking. By colloquial is
not meant careless and commonplace speaking, but simple, direct, ..."
4. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"Social Position of Goldsmith—His colloquial contests with John- вой—Anecdotes
and Illustrations. The social position of Goldsmith had undergone a material ..."
5. The History of Language by Henry Sweet (1900)
"Strata: Literary and colloquial.—In most languages there are '' strata'' or
dialects which ... As regards the distinction between literary and colloquial, ..."
6. Literary and Theological Review by Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon (1835)
"Of signs similar to this consists, chiefly, the colloquial language found in ...
But, beside the elements thus far described, the common colloquial language ..."
7. Desultory Notes on the Government and People of China, and on the Chinese by Thomas Taylor Meadows (1847)
"ON THE colloquial CHINESE AS SPOKEN BY THE ... differing widely from the Pekin
colloquial, we must bear in mind the great extent of the country, ..."
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