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Meaning of ‘formal’
8 definitions found.
refined or imposing in manner or appearance
Synonyms: courtly
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Example: "pay one's formal respects"
of spoken and written language, adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
Example: "The paper was written in formal English."
logically deductive
Example: "formal proof"
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
Example: "formal duties"
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Synonyms: conventional
a gown for evening wear
Synonyms: dinner dress dinner gown evening gown
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
Synonyms: ball
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University
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