Informal
Informal adjective - Used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing.
Usage example: the use of informal language in a scholarly article is really inappropriate
Unliterary and informal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unliterary" instead an adjective "Informal".
Unliterary
Unliterary adjective - Used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing.
Usage example: poems written in a natural, unliterary voice
Informal and unliterary are semantically related. You can use "Informal" instead an adjective "Unliterary".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- familiar and informal
- familiar and unliterary
- vernacular and informal
- vernacular and unliterary
- common and informal
- common and unliterary
- vulgar and informal
- vulgar and unliterary
- colloquial and informal
- colloquial and unliterary
- everyday and informal
- everyday and unliterary
- casual and informal
- casual and unliterary
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