non-colloquially
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Not colloquially; in a noncolloquial way.
Example Sentences
- "If there is a maxim to the effect that a cooperative speaker is colloquial when possible, an utterer of (1c), who forgoes reflexivization and thus speaks noncolloquially, is cooperative only if he is not in a position to be colloquial, viz., only if he is not making a straightforward de re reference to John in tokening ‘John’ for the second time."
- "Instead, write non-colloquially, and aim for the golden mean, choosing words and grammar that are widely accepted, unless otherwise directed by your court. Aim for the milquetoast or beige: Excise anything unusual or snarky from the spelling, grammar, and layout of your legal writing. Your goal, in these matters of form, is not to stand out."
- "Some of these tweets used fluent English similar to a native speaker, while others used words or phrases slightly non-colloquially. For example, one tweet included the awkward use of the word “the” when it wrote, “Happy Birthday President Trump. Wish you a long life behind the bars #TheLoser.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colloquial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English colloquially English non-colloquially From non- + colloquially.