Dialectal

//ˌdaɪəˈlɛktəl//

"Dialectal" in a Sentence (5 examples)

This is a dialectal word.

That is a dialectal pronunciation.

Mary's German is very dialectal.

Grinny is a dialectal American English term for a chipmunk.

Now (exc. in Nautical language, see b) it is only dialectal or an illiterate substitute for lie, its identity of form with the past tense of the latter no doubt accounting largely for the confusion.

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