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[ kon-ver-sey-shuh-nl ] / ˌkɒn vərˈseɪ ʃə nl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR conversational ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice. able or ready to converse; given to conversation. Origin of conversationalFirst recorded in 1770–80; conversation + -al1 synonym study for conversational1. See colloquial. OTHER WORDS FROM conversationalcon·ver·sa·tion·al·ly, adverbnon·con·ver·sa·tion·al, adjectivenon·con·ver·sa·tion·al·ly, adverbpre·con·ver·sa·tion·al, adjective un·con·ver·sa·tion·al, adjective Words nearby conversationalconverging lens, conversable, conversant, conversate, conversation, conversational, conversational implicature, conversationalist, conversational quality, conversation chair, conversation piece Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for conversationalThe heart of hitRECord is about making media in a conversational, positive way. Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Why He’s Exploring the Word ‘Feminism’ and Online Misogyny|Marlow Stern|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Did you look at the talk news landscape and view it as too bombastic, and decide to take a more measured, conversational approach? Alec Baldwin Uncensored: On His HBO Doc, Bloomberg, Polanski, and The New York Times|Marlow Stern|October 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Michelle Cottle on how to steer clear of conversational land mines—and keep the stuffing from flying. How to Avoid a Thanksgiving Food Fight|Michelle Cottle|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Hopefully these anecdotes will offer up culinary and conversational inspiration this Thanksgiving. Food Writers Share Thanksgiving Stories|Jessica Ferri|November 24, 2011|DAILY BEAST
There were conversational boundaries in our family and we respected them. Teddy Recollects|The Daily Beast|September 14, 2009|DAILY BEAST Conversational exercises and written work on the blackboard. The School System of Norway|David Allen Anderson It is vulgar to listen to an opera; it shows a lack of conversational powers. With Edge Tools|Hobart Chatfield-Taylor She was placid, phlegmatic, and had no conversational gifts. Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord The English are a desperate people for overweighting their conversational powers. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour|R. S. Surtees "It's a fine morning after a wild night," Thompson broke the conversational ice. Burned Bridges|Bertrand W. Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for conversational
adjectiveof, using, or in the manner of conversation inclined to or skilled in conversation; conversable Derived forms of conversationalconversationally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to conversationalinformal, colloquial, intimate, casual, chatty, familiar, gabby, garrulous, gossipy, long-winded, loquacious, relaxed, talky, verbose, vocal, voluble |