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colloquial

Entry Word:: colloquial
Function:: adjective

Text: 1 used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing<the new kidʼs rudeness soon began—to use a colloquial expression—to rub me the wrong way>Synonymsconversational, informal, nonliterary, unliterary, vernacular, vulgarRelated Wordsdialectal, dialectical, nonstandard, substandard, uneducated; slang, slangyNear Antonymseducated, standard; correct, genteel, grammatical, properAntonymsbookish, formal, learned, literary 2 having the style and content of everyday conversation<colloquial English>— see chatty 1

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