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formal Definition
(a)
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
"
(a) (
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
"
(s)
characteristic
of
or
befitting
a
person
in
authority
; "
formal
duties
"; "
an
official
banquet
"
(s)
represented
in
simplified
or
symbolic
form
(s)
logically
deductive
; "
formal
proof
"
(s)
refined
or
imposing
in
manner
or
appearance
;
befitting
a
royal
court
; "
a
courtly
gentleman
"
formal Synonyms
conventional
courtly
elegant
formal
schematic
stately
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