formal
adjective
- 1
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
a courtly gentleman
- 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
(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
logically deductive
formal proof
- 5
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
formal duties
an official banquet
- 6
represented in simplified or symbolic form
noun
- 1
a gown for evening wear
- 2
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
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