[
US
/ˌkɑnvɝˈseɪʃənəɫ/
]
[ UK /kɒnvəsˈeɪʃənəl/ ]
[ UK /kɒnvəsˈeɪʃənəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
wrote her letters in a colloquial style
the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English
How To Use conversational In A Sentence
- a class in conversational Spanish.
- They don't really need the conversational crutch of football, but they engage to connect with their colleagues. Times, Sunday Times
- The writing itself is more conversational than homiletic.
- It was one of the reasons, Charlie suspected, he was quite a boring conversationalist. TEN STEPS TO HAPPINESS
- Bernard made no response to Tom's conversational gambits.
- We return to our hotel to slug whiskey and create conversational doodles in the private bar.
- Curiously, there was an anticipatory quality to her voice -- as though she had thrown a conversational bone. THE CALLIGRAPHER
- He was a gifted conversationalist and had many fine stories and yarns which he could embellish with style.
- Le larron does not seem to be used in conversational French (my daughter taught me the word after she learned it in her French class while reading a classic text) ... so here are some useful synonyms: un escroc (swindler, con man, crook) un malfaiteur (burglar) un voleur (thief) French Word-A-Day:
- His idea of a brilliant conversational gambit is 'What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?'
