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colloquially

adv. manner
C1 Advanced UK //kəlˈəʊkwɪəli// col·lo·qui·al·ly

adv. in a way that people use when they are speaking casually. It describes how people talk in everyday life rather than in a formal or technical way.

adv. in a manner characteristic of informal speech or common usage. Often used to describe how a word or phrase is used by a specific group of people in daily conversation.


SIMPLE

The word for 'car' is colloquially called a 'car'.

CONTEXTUAL

While the official name is 'bicycle', it is often referred to colloquially as a 'bike' in most English-speaking countries.

COMPLEX

The term 'folks' is used colloquially to refer to one's family or a group of people, though it carries a slightly more traditional or rural tone in modern urban speech.

Synonyms
Origin

From colloquial + -ly.

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