Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being colloquial.
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- noun uncountable The state or condition of being
colloquial ;colloquialness . - noun countable A colloquial term, utterance, etc.; a
colloquialism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is apt to burlesque the lighter colloquiality, and it is only in the more serious and most tragical junctures that his people utter themselves with veracious simplicity and dignity.
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He is apt to burlesque the lighter colloquiality, and it is only in the more serious and most tragical junctures that his people utter themselves with veracious simplicity and dignity.
Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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He is apt to burlesque the lighter colloquiality, and it is only in the more serious and most tragical junctures that his people utter themselves with veracious simplicity and dignity.
Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 2: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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Yet what Arnold perceived to be the weaknesses of Clough's poetry are precisely what, over time, have come to seem its strengths: a prosey colloquiality which at times verges on awkwardness, a preference for honesty and sarcasm over suavity and tact, a direct criticism of modern life, a naming of things as themselves.
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2009
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About calling it a theory, I don’t get your idea of colloquiality.
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