Meanings
alternative noncolloquially
- not comparableNot colloquially; in a noncolloquial way.
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.”
2022 November 1, Renee DiResta, Elena Cryst, Chris Giles, Alyssa Kann, Gavin Xu, “Assessing Inauthentic Networks Commenting on the US Midterms”, in Election Integrity Partnership2 more examples
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.
1980 July, Steven E. Boër, William G. Lycan, “Who, Me?”, in The Philosophical Review, volume 89, number 3, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 462Instead, 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.
2013, Brian K. Keller, “Whittling: Drafting Concise and Effective Appellate Briefs”, in The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, volume 14, number 2
Origin
- 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 Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
- Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
- Latinloquor
- Latincolloquor
- Latincolloquium
- Middle Englishcolloquies
- Englishcolloquy
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcolloquial
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishcolloquially
- Englishnon-colloquially
From non- + colloquially.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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