colloquially en · ADV
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əli/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colloquial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English colloquially From colloquial + -ly.
Meanings
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In a colloquial manner.
Known colloquially as the "El," the elevated lines constituted the earliest attempt to remove urban passenger traffic from the streets.
1955 July, “The Last Elevated Line in New York”, in Railway Magazine, page 444:The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it is known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the quintessentially Japanese experience of trainspotting.
2025 April 8, Joshua Korber Hoffman, “The ‘Shinkansen kiss’: Japan’s little-known rail spectacle that attracts trainspotters from around the world”, in CNN:Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated ungulates.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most colloquially | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more colloquially | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
noncolloquially · non-colloquially
Translations (10)
it colloquialmente (in a colloquial manner) · ca col·loquialment (in a colloquial manner) · cs hovorově (in a colloquial manner) · pl potocznie (in a colloquial manner) · ru разговорно (in a colloquial manner) · es coloquialmente (in a colloquial manner) · pt coloquialmente (in a colloquial manner) · la colloquialiter (in a colloquial manner) · sh kolokvijalno (in a colloquial manner) · pl kolokwialnie (in a colloquial manner)