conversational

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as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation struck a very conversational tone in his reports of his travels through foreign countries

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversational
Adjective
  • They are not injured, just very loud and talkative.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • My favorite early fact about Pope Bob from Chicago comes from his talkative brother John.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Twain dared to buck the expectations of critics by using the colloquial dialect and slang of those with little education.
    Kyra Davis Lurie June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.
    George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • Central to the book is the titular premise, which subsequently entered the vernacular.
    Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
  • Those terms include a bunch of debuts, some of which are surprising, and a lot of entertaining vernacular.
    Caitlin Lovinger, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Adjective
  • Which domains are operationally critical and which are purely communicative?
    Daniel Strauss, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Geminis are social, communicative, and witty, so give your child a name that can keep up!
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • The partnership was a crash course for them both: an informal academy with a class roster of two.
    Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
  • Chris Jackson/Getty Images At one stage, the king had hoped for a more informal meeting in Scotland, where the royals spend their summer holiday.
    Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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“Conversational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conversational. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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