colloquially

What it means

1. In a colloquial manner.

   Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated ungulates.

   2 more examples

   Known colloquially as the "El," the elevated lines constituted the earliest attempt to remove urban passenger traffic from the streets.

   1955 July, “The Last Elevated Line in New York”, in Railway Magazine, page 444

   The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it is known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the quintessentially Japanese experience of trainspotting.

   2025 April 8, Joshua Korber Hoffman, “The ‘Shinkansen kiss’: Japan’s little-known rail spectacle that attracts trainspotters from around the world”, in CNN

In a sentence

Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated ungulates.

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
3. Proto-Italic*kom
4. Proto-Italic*kom-
5. Latincon-
6. Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
7. Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
8. Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
9. Latinloquor
10. Latincolloquor
11. Latincolloquium
12. Middle Englishcolloquies
13. Englishcolloquy
14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
16. Englishcolloquial
17. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
18. Proto-Germanic*līką
19. Englishcolloquially

From colloquial + -ly.