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

noun:

• a lavish dance requiring formal attire. Synonyms: ball.
• a gown for evening wear. Synonyms: dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown.

Related words

cotilion, cotillion, prom, promenade.

Words nearby

format, formol, normal.

Rhymes with

abnormal, informal, normal, paranormal.