formal#1 (a)

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type a
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def being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
examples pay one's formal respects
formal dress
a formal ball
the requirement was only formal and often ignored
a formal education
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Also see conventional; formal
Attribute formality, formalness
Derivationally related form formal → formalness
Derivationally related form formal → formality
Antonym formal → informal
Similar to ceremonial; ceremonious, conventional; dress, full-dress; form-only(a); full-dress, dress; nominal, titular; positive, prescribed; pro forma, perfunctory; semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie; starchy, stiff, buckram; white-tie
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Also see conventional; formal
Similar to ceremonial; ceremonious, conventional; dress, full-dress; form-only(a); full-dress, dress; nominal, titular; positive, prescribed; pro forma, perfunctory; semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie; starchy, stiff, buckram; white-tie
Antonym informal → formal
Derived from adjective formally → formal
Derivationally related form formality → formal
Derivationally related form formalness → formal
Attribute formality, formalness

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