formal#2 (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
examples the paper was written in formal English
Outgoing links
Also see formal; rhetorical
Attribute formality, formalness
Antonym formal → informal
Similar to literary
Incoming links
Also see formal
Similar to literary
Antonym informal → formal
Attribute formality, formalness

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