Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation.
1 The brisk colloquial vocabulary fits admirably the brilliant sophistry of the argument.
2 One landmark book records the etymology of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases.
3 Then my French is really intelligible, and most colloquial ; besides revolver shooting.
4 It is, of course, entirely due to the influence of colloquial French.
5 If it is conversational, we condemn him as too colloquial and familiar.
6 I do not mind that colloquial designation if it suits your purpose.
7 Bunyan originated this colloquial style, and Defoe and Richardson were his imitators.
8 Make the remarks conversational, or colloquial , as this style is also termed.
9 Mr. Sprudell had a jaunty, colloquial style when he stooped to prose.
10 Mrs. Quabarl, to use a colloquial expression, was knocked off her perch.
11 Honey's narrative was crisp, clear, quick, straight from the shoulder, colloquial , slangy.
12 He said the report noted his behaviour met the colloquial definition of bullying.
13 He even managed to learn fluent, colloquial English in six months.
14 The adverb mighty is very common in colloquial English; for example,-
15 So to put it in colloquial terms we would say the president blinked.
16 The 'jungle' is the colloquial name for the make-shift camp that was dismantled.
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