di·a·log·ic

[dahy-uh-loj-ik]
adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by dialogue.
2.
participating in dialogue.
Also, di·a·log·i·cal.


Origin:
1825–35; < Medieval Latin dialogicus < Greek dialogikós, equivalent to diálog(os) dialogue + -ikos -ic

di·a·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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dialogue or dialog (ˈdaɪəˌlɒɡ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  conversation between two or more people
2.  an exchange of opinions on a particular subject; discussion
3.  the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
4.  a particular passage of conversation in a literary or dramatic work
5.  a literary composition in the form of a dialogue
6.  a political discussion between representatives of two nations or groups
 
vb
7.  (tr) to put into the form of a dialogue
8.  (intr) to take part in a dialogue; converse
 
[C13: from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai to converse; see dialect]
 
dialog or dialog
 
n
 
vb
 
[C13: from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai to converse; see dialect]
 
dialogic or dialog
 
adj
 
'dialoguer or dialog
 
n

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Dialogic is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Non-traditional learners' written and dialogic response to literature.
But hysteria is dialogic: it depends on the needs of patients as well as the
  decisions of doctors.
Dialogic reading encourages your four-and-five-year-old to think and talk by
  answering open-ended questions.
Uses the example of public relations to describe important distinctions between
  monologic and dialogic campaigns.
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