conversational
adjEtymology
From conversation + -al.
- derived from conversātiōnem
- derived from conversacion
- inherited from conversacioun
Definitions
Easy in conversation, chatty.
Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation
Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty.
- This light conversational opening struck Miss Frensham as rather an unpropitious way of grappling with the problem of the theft, but she had just professed her general willingness.
Involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server.
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Capable of engaging in conversation.
- The patient is awake and conversational.
- My aim is to become conversational in German.
- 2009, Journal of American Indian Education, Volumes 48-49, Center for Indian Education, page 35, This is the only way, she believes, students will become conversational enough in Navajo to pass on the language (NLА fieldnotes, July 2005).
The neighborhood
Derived
conversational commerce, conversationalist, conversationality, conversationalization, conversationalize, conversational journal, conversational journaling, conversationally, conversationalness, conversational partner, conversational scoreboard, nonconversational, preconversational, protoconversational, subconversational, unconversational
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at conversational. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at conversational. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at conversational
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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