formal, adj.
freq. cnt. 18
freq. cnt. 18
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13
formal
sample sentences
"pay one's formal respects""formal dress"
"a formal ball"
"the requirement was only formal and often ignored"
"a formal education"
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also see
attribute
similar to
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
formal
sample sentences
"formal duties""an official banquet"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
formal
sample sentences
"the paper was written in formal English"
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antonym
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
<adj.all>
courtly formal stately
sample sentences
"a courtly gentleman"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
logically deductive
<adj.all>
formal
represented in simplified or symbolic form
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
conventional formal schematic