informally

adverb

in·​formally (ˈ)in 

ən+

: in an informal manner : without ceremony or formality

addressed the gathering informally

informally dressed in flannels and jacket

: unofficially

fast train … began to be called, more or less informally, the Cannonball

—A. F. Harlow

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