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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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Outgoing links |
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 |
Incoming links |
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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