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formal

/'f/O/rm/&/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

    adj.all

    Examples
    Pay one's formal respects.
    Formal dress.
    A formal ball.
    The requirement was only formal and often ignored.
    A formal education.
    Antonyms informal

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

    adj.all

    Examples
    The paper was written in formal English.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire

    noun.event

    Synonyms ball

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a gown for evening wear

    noun.artifact

    Synonyms dinner dress dinner gown evening gown

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. See <u>Methylal</u>.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

    adj.all

    Examples
    Formal duties.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. represented in simplified or symbolic form

    adj.all

    Synonyms conventional schematic

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. logically deductive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Formal proof.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

    adj.all

    Synonyms courtly stately

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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