unbookish

used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing a refreshingly unbookish talk on how dictionaries get made Synonyms conversational, informal, nonformal, nonliterary, colloquial, unliterary, vernacular, vulgarRelated Words dialectal, dialectical (also dialectic), nonstandard, regional; incorrect, nongrammatical, substandard, uneducated, ungrammatical, unlearned; slang, slangyNear Antonyms standard, undialectical; correct, educated, genteel, grammatical, properAntonyms bookish, formal, learned, literary