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colloquial

adjective

Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

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Word length
10
Starts with
C
Ends with
L
Contains
OL
Scrabble score
21
CEFR level
C2

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adjective

  1. Characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation

    “Wrote her letters in a colloquial style”

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Wrote her letters in a colloquial style
The broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English

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