:being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
:marked by form or ceremony: a formal occasion.
:designed for wear or use at occasions or events marked by elaborate ceremony or prescribed social observance: The formal attire included tuxedos and full-length gowns.
:requiring a type of dress suitable for such occasions: a formal dance.
:observant of conventional requirements of behavior, procedure, etc., as persons; ceremonious.
:excessively ceremonious: a manner that was formal and austere.
:being a matter of form only; perfunctory: We expected more than just formal courtesy.
:made or done in accordance with procedures that ensure validity: a formal authorization.
:of, relating to, or emphasizing the organization or composition of the constituent elements in a work of art perceived separately from its subject matter: a formal approach to painting; the formal structure of a poem.
:being in accordance with prescribed or customary forms: a formal siege.
:Theater. generalized and simplified in design, especially of architectural elements, and serving as a permanent set for a play irrespective of changes in location.
Broadly, the war is between the formal linguists and the sociolinguists.
Taking place after the 400-person formal dinner, it’s geared specifically toward younger people and costs less than one-third of the spring benefit’s entry-level ticket.
No surprise, there’s been a trend away from formal event–oriented wear, but other than that there hasn’t been much change.
Those interactions are less formal than what you get with video-conferencing services.
It’s not as formal as perhaps a medical leave of absence where a third party is approving a leave request.
As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.
He hoped also to be a chaplain through his local church, and he was nearing the end of his formal training.
“The psychology of BDSM is lacking in other formal training regiments and interactions,” added Stella.
I remember that he's a food-and-wine maven and rather formal.
“To my knowledge, there was no formal consultation done with the tribes on this policy,” says Eid.
Twice a year the formal invitation was sent out by the old nobleman to his only son, and to his two nephews.
:acquired in school; academic: He had little formal training in economics.
:symmetrical or highly organized: a formal garden.
:of, reflecting, or noting a usage of language in which syntax, pronunciation, etc., adhere to traditional standards of correctness and usage is characterized by the absence of casual, contracted, and colloquial forms: The paper was written in formal English.
:Philosophy. pertaining to form.Aristotelianism.not material; essential.
:Logic. formal logic.
:pertaining to the form, shape, or mode of a thing, especially as distinguished from the substance: formal writing, bereft of all personality.
:being such merely in appearance or name; nominal: a formal head of the government having no actual powers.
:Mathematics. in strict logical form with a justification for every step. correct in form; made with strict justification for every step. of or relating to manipulation of symbols without regard to their meaning.
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:a dance, ball, or other social occasion that requires formalwear.