formal

adjective

  1. 1

    refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

    a courtly gentleman

  2. 2

    being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

    pay one's formal respects

    formal dress

  3. 3

    (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

  4. 4

    logically deductive

    formal proof

  5. 5

    characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

    formal duties

    an official banquet

  6. 6

    represented in simplified or symbolic form

noun

  1. 1

    a gown for evening wear

  2. 2

    a lavish dance requiring formal attire

Synonyms

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