colloquial

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We know how much this popular influence, or what I call the colloquial process, has infected the traditions of other nations, and it is very helpful to know this, in order to do justice to the Gospels.

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

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  • Banham's style borders on the esoteric; neither purely academic or simply colloquial, Banham is unapologetically Banham: an outsider looking into Los Angeles 'outsides. —  LAist
  • He was after all a German émigré, whose command of English was no doubt shaky, particularly of the kind of colloquial idiom necessary to understand comedy in any medium. —  Claremont.org
  • Mr Luo, whose English tends toward the colloquial, added: 'We hate you guys. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • His diction is colloquial, his tone conversational, and these shape his technique. —  Avoiding the Muse
  • Palin was very colloquial (with a lot of gonna's, betcha's, etc.), used folksy charm (when she met Biden, she asked if she could call him Joe), and played up her regular middle class background. —  Gothamist
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