colloquial Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
    conversational.
    • wrote her letters in a colloquial style
    • the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English

WordNet

Col*lo"qui*al adjective
Etymology
See Colloqui.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913