colloquially
advUK /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəli/ · US /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əli/
Etymology From colloquial + -ly.
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In a colloquial manner.
- Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated ungulates.
- 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:
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- 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:
- Derived terms
- non-colloquially, noncolloquially