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conversational

[ kon-ver-sey-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation:

    a conversational tone of voice.

  2. able or ready to converse; given to conversation.


conversational

/ ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃənəl /

adjective

  1. of, using, or in the manner of conversation
  2. inclined to or skilled in conversation; conversable


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Derived Forms

  • ˌconverˈsationally, adverb

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Other Words From

  • conver·sation·al·ly adverb
  • noncon·ver·sation·al adjective
  • noncon·ver·sation·al·ly adverb
  • precon·ver·sation·al adjective
  • uncon·ver·sation·al adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conversational1

First recorded in 1770–80; conversation + -al 1

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Example Sentences

Though conversational and often witty, his meandering phrases become increasingly unpredictable as they develop.

With her mother's help, Nashwa became conversational in English.

The heart of hitRECord is about making media in a conversational, positive way.

Hay was the foppish “smiling emissary” whose conversational skills could make petitioners forget they came to see the president.

Did you look at the talk news landscape and view it as too bombastic, and decide to take a more measured, conversational approach?

But men we had known and trails we had followed furnished us plenty of grist for the conversational mill.

Her ardor stimulated their zeal, and her well-stored mind and fascinating conversational eloquence guided their councils.

But so great was her conversational power, that the kind doctor forgot the purpose for which he came.

Her talents, her accomplishments, her fascinating conversational eloquence, had spread her renown widely through Europe.

To acquire the power of thus imparting the highest pleasure by conversational powers, attention must be paid to literature.

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