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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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