colloquiallyadv.
/kəˈləʊkwɪəli/, U.S. /kəˈloʊkwiəli/ a. In a colloquial manner; in the language of ordinary conversation.
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the mind > language > a language > register > [adverb] > colloquially
vulgarlyc1374
familiarly1757
colloquially1791
in the vernacular1815
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1769 I. 323 I found fault with Foote for indulging his talent of ridicule at the expence of his visitors, which I colloquially termed making fools of his company.
1845 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 103/1 In this sense the French colloquially use aux trousses.
1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 339 Europeans who colloquially say the needle points to the north.
b. In the tone of ordinary conversation (rare).
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1874 F. G. Lee Man. Cleric. 113 Whilst the Psalms are not even said in monotone, but colloquially.
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