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(kɒnvəʳseɪʃənəl)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
What is refreshing is the author's easy, conversational style.
His father wanted him to learn conversational German.
Synonyms: chatty, informal, communicative, colloquial More Synonyms of conversational
conversationally graded adverb [usually ADVERB after verb]
Lyrics are written almost conversationally, yet sung with passion.

conversational in British English

(ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəl)
adjective
1. 
of, using, or in the manner of conversation
2. 
inclined to or skilled in conversation; conversable
Derived forms
conversationally (ˌconverˈsationally)
adverb

conversational in American English

(ˌkɑnvərˈseɪʃənəl)
adjective
1. 
of, like, or for conversation
2. 
fond of or given to conversation; liking to converse
3.  Computing
interactive (sense 3)
Derived forms
conversationally (ˌconverˈsationally)
adverb

Examples of 'conversational' in a sentence
conversational

Their conversational styles could not have been more different.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Once a husband and wife led us in an almost conversational style of prayer.
Christianity Today (2000)
Their conversational manner meant that they usually went down well.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We recommend that you memorise it for easy conversational reference to horse racing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Has the theory of the solar system been advanced by graceful manners and conversational tact?
George Eliot Middlemarch (1872)
Your conversational tone becomes one that is generally challenging and few people will choose to have anything to do with you.
Atkinson, Jacqueline M Coping with Stress at Work (1988)
The abrasive edge melted and his manner became more conversational, drawing his audience in.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Back then, his conversational style was combative in the extreme.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The costumes are modern and the tone is conversational, which can jar with the baroque language.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His conversational style is combative.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Because my style is conversational.
The Sun (2010)
Much of the poem is written in a fairly straightforward style, as befitting both its broadly satirical content and conversational tone.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Why don't men of this age think about their appearance, their conversational skills?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The clips all share a rough, choppy style, as clunky as their conversational tone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His soft, reflective, conversational style is outstanding.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It sprang, in the first instance, from the conversational tone and narrative imagery of his lyrics.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Here, his style is easy, conversational and vivid as he delves into his back catalogue of personal memories.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We've tried to have a sense of the movement of the camera alongside, so it has a more conversational tone.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Of course, that tendency is endemic in sports broadcasting, to the extent that it is almost a conversational tic for presenters and pundits.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
conversational

British English: conversational ADJECTIVE
Conversational means relating to, or similar to, casual and informal talk.
What is refreshing is the author's easy, conversational style.
  • American English: conversational
  • Brazilian Portuguese: familiar
  • Chinese: 谈话的
  • European Spanish: familiar
  • French: de conversationN
  • German: unterhaltend
  • Italian: conversazionale
  • Japanese: 会話調の
  • Korean: 대화체의
  • European Portuguese: coloquial
  • Latin American Spanish: familiar

(adjective) 
Definition
resembling informal spoken language
What is refreshing is the author's easy, conversational style.
Synonyms
chatty
She's quite a chatty person.
informal
She is refreshingly informal.
communicative
She has become a lot more tolerant and communicative.
colloquial
He converses in colloquial Japanese as easily as in English.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of colloquial
Definition
suitable for informal speech or writing
He converses in colloquial Japanese as easily as in English.
Synonyms
informal,
familiar,
everyday,
vernacular,
conversational,
demotic,
idiomatic
in the sense of communicative
She has become a lot more tolerant and communicative.
Synonyms
talkative,
open,
frank,
forthcoming,
outgoing,
informative,
candid,
expansive,
chatty,
voluble,
loquacious,
unreserved,
conversable
in the sense of informal
Definition
relaxed and friendly
She is refreshingly informal.
Synonyms
natural,
relaxed,
casual,
familiar,
unofficial,
laid-back,
easy-going,
colloquial,
unconstrained,
unceremonious

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