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formal
('f/O/rm/&/l )

adjective (a)

  • being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)(adj.all)
    Example:
    Pay one's formal respects.
    Formal dress.
    A formal ball.
    The requirement was only formal and often ignored.
    A formal education.
    Antonym:
    informal
    source: wordnet30
  • (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms(adj.all)
    Example:
    The paper was written in formal English.
    source: wordnet30
  • Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a lavish dance requiring formal attire(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    ball
    source: wordnet30
  • a gown for evening wear(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown
    source: wordnet30
  • See Methylal.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • characteristic of or befitting a person in authority(adj.all)
    Example:
    Formal duties.
    source: wordnet30
  • represented in simplified or symbolic form(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    conventional, schematic
    source: wordnet30
  • logically deductive(adj.all)
    Example:
    Formal proof.
    source: wordnet30
  • refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    courtly, stately
    source: wordnet30
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