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formal

adjective
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one''s formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
Antonyms: informal Similar: ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, dress, full-dress, form-only, full-dress, dress, nominal, titular, positive, prescribed, semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie, starchy, stiff, buckram, white-tie, pro forma, perfunctory - characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
Similar: official - (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English"
Antonyms: informal Similar: literary
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