Both Uses of
colloquial
in
Bleak House
- For some little time the jurymen hang about the Sol's Arms colloquially.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- By half-past five, post meridian, Horse Guards' time, it has even elicited a new remark from the Honourable Mr. Stables, which bids fair to outshine the old one, on which he has so long rested his colloquial reputation.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(colloquial) an informal style that sounds like spoken rather than written language