formal
Meaning
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- Being in accord with established forms.
- Official.
- Relating to the form or structure of something.
- Relating to formation.
- Ceremonial or traditional.
- Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
- Organized; well-structured and planned.
- In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
- Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
Synonyms
dinner gown
dinner dress
balldress
form-only
dimethoxym ethane
liquor formaldehydi
evening clothes
Frequency
Hyphenated as
for‧mal
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɔɹməl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English formel, borrowed from Old French formel, from Latin fōrmālis, from fōrma (“form”); equivalent to form + -al.
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