slangily

In street talk

In a slangy manner—using informal, colloquial language rather than standard or formal expression: He slangily referred to money as "bread".

The adverb typically describes how someone speaks or writes when they deliberately choose casual vocabulary over proper terms.

casual

informally

Without official protocol

chattily · breezily · offhandedly · casually · relaxedly · everyday · streetwise · vernacularly · familiarly · unbuttoned

subcultural

jargony

Excessively specialized in language

  • argotGroup-specific coded speech
  • lingoGroup-specific vocabulary
  • patoisRegional informal speech

cant · insider · coded · underground · countercultural · rebelliously · subversively · alternatively · marginally · niche

youthful

hip

Fashionable or pelvic joint

  • trendyCurrently in vogue
  • coolCalm or fashionable
  • edgyTense and irritable

street · urban · Gen-Z · millennial · teen · youthfully · freshly · irreverently · cheekily · sassily

Opposites
register/formality

slangilyformally

In an official manner

properly · correctly · officially · academically · literarily

Phrases
Family

slanging, slanginess, slangier, slangiest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G