Formal (IPA: /ˈfɔɹməɫ/)
| Formal (n.) |
See Methylal. |
| Formal (a.) |
Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing. |
| Formal (a.) |
Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect. |
| Formal (a.) |
Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent. |
| Formal (a.) |
Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation. |
| Formal (a.) |
Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc. |
| Formal (a.) |
Dependent in form; conventional. |
| Formal (a.) |
Sound; normal. |
| Formal Synonyms |
Starchy, Nominal, Black-tie, Formal, Ceremonious, Dress, Positive, Semi-formal, Titular, Pro Forma, Full-dress, Prescribed, Semiformal, White-tie, Ceremonial, Buckram, Conventional, Form-only, Stiff, Perfunctory |
| Formal Synonyms |
Conventional, Nonrepresentational, Schematic |
| Formal Synonyms |
Dignified, Stately, Courtly |
| Formal Synonyms |
Rhetorical, Formal, Literary |
| Formal Synonyms |
Logical |
| Formal Synonyms |
Official |
| Formal Synonyms |
Ball |
| Formal Synonyms |
Dinner Gown, Dinner Dress, Evening Gown |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Classical ballet is the most formal of the ballet styles; it adheres to traditional ballet technique." - Ballet |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I am sorry when any man is tripped by a formal objection." - Pleadings |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Logos is the formal cause of the kosmos and all things, responsible for their nature and configuration." - Marshall McLuhan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Quality means meeting customers' (agreed) requirements, formal and informal, at lowest cost, first time every time." - Quality |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Syntactics: Relations among signs in formal structures" - Semiotics |
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