Meaning & use
dialectal
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Relating to or characteristic of a particular regional or social dialect.
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The professor studied dialectal variations in rural speech patterns.
Some words are dialectal and unfamiliar to speakers from other regions.
A note on using this word
Often confused with 'dialectical', which relates to logical argumentation rather than regional speech.
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