Definition of Colloquial
casual and conversational language
Examples of Colloquial in a sentence
Because a job interview is such a serious event, one should not speak to the interviewer in a colloquial tone. 🔊
Since I am from a different country, I have a difficult time understanding the colloquial language in this country. 🔊
In the play, Eileen portrays a Southern woman whose use of colloquial language made her unpopular with her upper class peers. 🔊
The author makes use of colloquial speech to highlight the differences in upbringing between the novel’s hero and heroine. 🔊
While my father always speaks formally at work, he addresses us in colloquial terms at home. 🔊
The award-winning article compares the colloquial writings of the mountain people with the formal writings of the educated elite. 🔊
Because of her wealthy upbringing, Eva found it difficult to speak the colloquial dialect used by the kids in her urban school. 🔊
Despite her skills, the elderly school counselor was unable to understand the students’ colloquial speech. 🔊
As an adult woman used to proper etiquette, I was shocked that my daughter’s teenage friend spoke to me in such a colloquial manner at our first meeting. 🔊
Margaret had no idea that she was not supposed to address the members of the royal family in such a colloquial manner. 🔊
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