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# conversational

adjective (conversational); adverb (conversationally)

«conversational» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with conversation, or like ordinary friendly talk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#m1)
2. Good enough to have simple conversations in a language, as in «conversational French». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, a conversational tone is relaxed and friendly, like talking to a friend, not formal. In language lessons, conversational skills mean you can chat simply. In computing, a conversational program, like a chatbot, talks with you.

### Examples

- The book is written in a conversational style. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#x1)
- She speaks conversational French. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#x2)
- He said it in a conversational tone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#x3)
- The chatbot is a conversational program. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#x4)
- Letters to friends can be conversational. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#x5)
- I'm working on my conversational Spanish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/#x6)

### Note

Formal register is the opposite of conversational. Adverb: conversationally.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conversational» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conversational/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conversational» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conversational.html) on Mova free.