formal (Meaning)
formal (n)
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
a gown for evening wear
formal (a)
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
formal (s)
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
represented in simplified or symbolic form
logically deductive
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
formal (n.)
See Methylal.
formal (a.)
Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
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.
Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
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.
Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
Dependent in form; conventional.
Sound; normal.
Synonyms & Antonyms of formal
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Synonyms:
- accepted
- respectable
- certified
- ritualistic
- systematic
- formalistic
- nice
- orderly
- genteel
- sanctioned
- seemly
- ritual
- methodic
- methodical
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formal Sentence Examples
- The event required guests to adhere to a formal dress code.
- The meeting had a formal agenda and followed structured procedures.
- The ambassador's attire was impeccably formal and suited the occasion.
- The professor's lectures were formal in tone and delivered with authority.
- The document required a formal signature to be considered valid.
- The company's annual report followed a formal format and disclosed all necessary information.
- The marriage ceremony was a formal affair with elaborate rituals and traditions.
- The award ceremony was a formal recognition of excellence in a particular field.
- The university's graduation ceremony is a formal celebration of academic achievement.
- The parliament conducted its session in a formal and orderly manner, observing established rules and procedures.
FAQs About the word formal
a lavish dance requiring formal attire, a gown for evening wear, being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dres
conventional, official, regular,ceremonial, ceremonious, authorized, decorous, routine, proper, polite
unconventional, informal,informal, casual, unconventional, casual, unofficial, inappropriate, improper, unorthodox
The event required guests to adhere to a formal dress code.
The meeting had a formal agenda and followed structured procedures.
The ambassador's attire was impeccably formal and suited the occasion.
The professor's lectures were formal in tone and delivered with authority.
