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conversational quality

American  

noun

  1. (in public speaking) a manner of utterance that resembles the spontaneity and informality of relaxed personal conversation.


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He sought to preserve the intimate, conversational quality of George’s singing, which he compared to “a friend talking to you.”

From Los Angeles Times

The details of the barn — the sweet smell of good hay, the nearly conversational quality of a horse’s constantly moving ears — are beautifully wrought.

From Washington Post

His monologue — yes, he did one — had a loose, conversational quality and the requisite topical jokes.

From Los Angeles Times

Batiste avoided the common, cringe-inducing mistake of trying to find purchase in Colbert’s particular off-center groove, and even managed the unusual feat of throwing the host off his game a little, implying that Colbert might not quite understand the conversational quality of jazz improvisation, because he seemed to prefer reading scripted questions off of cards.

From The New Yorker

And the play as a whole has a genial, conversational quality; it always holds you, but without trying to shake you.

From New York Times