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English adjective: formal | |||
| 1. | formal being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) | ||
| Samples | Pay one's formal respects. Formal dress. A formal ball. The requirement was only formal and often ignored. A formal education. | ||
| Similar | black-tie, buckram, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, dress, dress, form-only, full-dress, full-dress, nominal, perfunctory, positive, prescribed, pro forma, semi-formal, semiformal, starchy, stiff, titular, white-tie | ||
| See also | conventional, formal | ||
| Attribute | formality, formalness | ||
| Antonyms | informal | ||
| 2. | formal characteristic of or befitting a person in authority | ||
| Samples | Formal duties. An official banquet. | ||
| Similar | official | ||
| Antonyms | unofficial | ||
| 3. | formal (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | ||
| Samples | The paper was written in formal English. | ||
| Similar | literary | ||
| See also | formal, rhetorical | ||
| Attribute | formality, formalness | ||
| Antonyms | informal | ||
| 4. | formal represented in simplified or symbolic form | ||
| Synonyms | conventional, schematic | ||
| Similar | nonrepresentational | ||
| Domain category | beaux arts, fine arts | ||
| Antonyms | representational | ||
| 5. | formal logically deductive | ||
| Samples | Formal proof. | ||
| Similar | logical | ||
| Antonyms | illogical, unlogical | ||
| 6. | formal refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | ||
| Samples | A courtly gentleman. | ||
| Synonyms | courtly, stately | ||
| Similar | dignified | ||
| Antonyms | undignified | ||
English noun: formal | |||
| 1. | formal (event) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | ||
| Synonyms | ball | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cotilion, cotillion, fancy-dress ball, masked ball, masquerade ball, prom, promenade | ||
| 2. | formal (artifact) a gown for evening wear | ||
| Synonyms | dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear, gown | ||
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