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conversational

 adjective
     
con‧ver‧sa‧tion‧al
1 a conversational style, phrase etc is informal and commonly used in conversation:
The article was written in straightforward, almost conversational language.
2 relating to conversation:
lessons in conversational German
—conversationally adverb
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