conversational
Americanadjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation.
a conversational tone of voice.
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able or ready to converse; given to conversation.
adjective
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of, using, or in the manner of conversation
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inclined to or skilled in conversation; conversable
Related Words
See colloquial.
Other Word Forms
- conversationally adverb
- nonconversational adjective
- nonconversationally adverb
- preconversational adjective
- unconversational adjective
Etymology
Origin of conversational
First recorded in 1770–80; conversation + -al 1
Example Sentences
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“Unread,” his brisk, conversational memoir, recounts the loops and switchbacks on his path to literacy, conveyed through discussions of more than a dozen books that shaped his quest.
Agents use language models like Anthropic’s Claude to accomplish a complex series of tasks from simple conversational prompts, which led to fears that business software is replaceable by AI.
From Barron's
Written performance reviews can be important, but there is often a conversational component to reviews.
It’s all an open conversational environment, and the AI acts as an expert in the specific listings, the neighborhoods, the schools, the market conditions, financing.
From Barron's
Anthropic's advertisement broadcast during last week's Super Bowl showed a man asking advice from a conversational AI, which then shoehorns advertising copy for a dating site into its otherwise relevant response.
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