Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colloquially"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Colloquial \Col*lo"qui*al\, a. [See {Colloqui}.]
Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and
familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied;
informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a
colloquial style. -- {Col*lo"qui*al*ly}, adv.

His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the
highest order. --Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

colloquially
adv : with the use of colloquial expressions; "this building is
colloquially referred to as The Barn" [syn: {conversationally},
{informally}]


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