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(adjective) being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "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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Antonyms: informal |
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(adjective) (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English" |
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Antonyms: informal |
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(satellite adjective) logically deductive; "formal proof" |
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(satellite adjective) characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet" |
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(satellite adjective) (fine arts) represented in simplified or symbolic form |
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Synonyms: conventional, schematic |
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(satellite adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" |
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Synonyms: courtly, elegant, stately |
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