Caldwell has pointed out to me that the Páli form of Sinhala was Sihalan, and that this must have been colloquially shortened to Sîlan, for it appears in old Tamul inscriptions as Ilam.
All other classes should address him colloquially as "Your Grace.
The same remark applies to their wives, who are often colloquially addressed as "Lady Alfred" or "Lady Edward.
Persons well acquainted with them would address them colloquially by their title and christian name, as "Lord John" or "Lord Charles.
A bishop should be addressed colloquially as "Bishop" by the upper classes, and as "My Lord" by the clergy and all other classes.
When addressing a Viceroy or Vice-Queen colloquially or unofficially, "Your Excellency" should not be used in either case.
He must know the language colloquially or not at all.
The numerous apophthegms scattered in Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius and other writers, show that it was customary in Greece to preserve the colloquially expressed ideas of illustrious men.
Formerly used correctly as a synonym for “angry” it is now used only colloquially in this sense.
Often used colloquially but incorrectly for “almost”; an inexcusable and unwarranted abbreviation.
An inelegant term usedcolloquially as a synonym for “effort”; as, “he put in his best licks.
An undesirable expression used colloquially to designate a worthless person: not used in polite society.
Applied colloquially and in commercial correspondence to Madrid, Lisbon, Rio Janeiro, etc.
As the seat of mental activity, brain (colloquially brains) is often used as a synonym for mind, intellect, intelligence.
Tasty is an inferior word, used colloquially in a similar sense.
Never, Not The word never is sometimes colloquially used for not, as "I never remember to have seen Lincoln.
Cute This word is often used colloquially in the sense of clever, sharp, shrewd, ingenious, cunning.
It is loosely and colloquially used in application to what is pleasing, agreeable, delightful, good.
BEAN-FEAST, primarily an annual dinner given by an employer to his workpeople, and then colloquially any jollification.
The phrase "bear-leader" has now come colloquially to mean a tutor or guardian, who escorts any lad of rank or wealth on his travels.
Used colloquiallyas a term of cordiality and familiarity.
In the plural used colloquially of members of an associaton, fraternity, or party.
This bird is colloquially called the "mountain quail.
Thing was used in a very general sense in Old English, and is still heard colloquially where some more definite term would be used in careful composition.
Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future.
Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
I have sinned; -- used colloquially to express confession or acknowledgment of an offense.
The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo.
That they are used colloquially by well-nigh everybody, no one will dispute; but that they are correct, few grammarians will concede.
One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.
That is the old Mission San Francisco de Asis, colloquially called Dolores, from the little rivulet on whose bank it was built.
The other name was colloquially applied when Nathan Spear, being given some goats and kids by a Yankee skipper, put them over there.
The elevator and the ailerons are worked with a single lever, colloquially called the "joy-stick," and the rudder with a bar which the pilot operates with his feet.
Colloquially the personal pronouns are often omitted to avoid repetition.
Tiada is generally abbreviated colloquially to t’ada and t’a’ (in Java trada and tra).
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "colloquially" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
