demotic
Example Sentences
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With a voice that is relatively light and raspy and a delivery both nimble and demotic, Mr. Dale matches his energy to the text in a way that makes for effortless listening.
A slab from the Roman era was also found with hieroglyphic and demotic inscriptions, which may give more clues once restored.
From Washington Post
A series of interconnected short narratives about a group of friends, “Trainspotting” is inventive, scurrilous, gloriously demotic and entirely itself.
From New York Times
He would waffle in demotic English and then answer a charge with a quotation from Seneca.
From Washington Post
Today’s readers, used to the twittering demotic of our age, may need to adjust to this titanic prose-poem’s leisurely, mandarin style.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
