colloquial
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Learner's definition of COLLOQUIAL
[more colloquial; most colloquial]
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used when people are speaking in an informal way
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a colloquial word/expression
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using an informal style
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a colloquial writer
— colloquially
adverb-
The phrase is used colloquially but not in writing.
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The drink is known colloquially as a “brown cow.”
