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Antonyms for colloquy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kol-uh-kwee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒl ə kwi

Definition of colloquy

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "discourse," from Latin colloquium "conference, conversation," literally "a speaking together," from com- "together" (see com-) + -loquium "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (see locution). Meaning "conversation" is attested in English from 1580s.
  • noun conversation, debate
Example sentences :
  • Yet he never passed in at my door—never sat in colloquy with me until midnight.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • His lordship had been an ear-witness to part of the colloquy, very much to his edification.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I was bored by the length of the colloquy, and sat down on the table swinging my legs.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • It was not an altercation; there was evidently nothing the least exciting in the colloquy.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • He did not invite his visitor to enter, and the colloquy between them was brief.
  • Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
  • And a bang of the window, as the head was withdrawn, finished the colloquy.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • The word to march interrupted the colloquy, and again we moved forward.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Powell did not know why it was he had resolved to keep his own counsel as to his colloquy with Mr Smith.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • It is a colloquy between the Master of the Universe and a Stranger.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Powell did not know why it was he had resolved to keep his own counsel as to his colloquy with Mr. Smith.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for colloquy

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