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col·lo·qui·al

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l) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal.
Relating to conversation; conversational.

ETYMOLOGY:
From colloquy

OTHER FORMS:
col·loqui·al(Noun), col·loqui·al·ly(Adverb), col·loqui·al·ness(Noun)

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