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Definition of Conversationally
1. Adverb. With the use of colloquial expressions. "This building is colloquially referred to as The Barn"
Definition of Conversationally
1. Adverb. In a conversational manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Conversationally
Literary usage of Conversationally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Junk by Henry Major Tomlinson (1920)
"Just conversationally, you know." A casual sort of letter. ... conversationally!
Why, that would be merely talking; tongue-work; keeping on and on after one ..."
2. Studies in American History by Mary Sheldon Barnes (1892)
"Questions 1-8 inclusive are to be treated conversationally. Question 15. See map
between pp. 370 and 371. STUDY 14. WAR PICTURES. ..."
3. Mark Twain's Letters by Mark Twain (1917)
"Three hours out, three hours back, and sit up all night watching the young people
dance; yelling conversationally and being yelled at, conversationally, ..."
4. The Baptist Magazine by Baptist Missionary Society (1849)
"The question was only conversationally revived at a weekly sitting of the committee."
It is a pity but these gentlemen had compared notes before committing ..."
5. Report of the commissioners by Great Britain Schools Inquiry Commission, Schools inquiry commission (1868)
"Then do you think it desirable! that boys should commence the study of language,
so to speak, conversationally, and not upon principles of grammar ? ..."
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