colloquially
adverb/kəˈloʊkwiəli/
Frequency rank: #17,236 most common English word
Meaning
in an informal or conversational way, as used in everyday speech
Example sentence
The disease is known medically as varicella, but colloquially it is called chickenpox.
Synonyms & related words
- informally
- casually
- conversationally
- popularly
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