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formal
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a lavish dance requiring formal attire
Synonyms : ballType Of : dance -
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Synonyms : conventional, schematic -
a gown for evening wear
Synonyms : dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gownType Of : gown, formalwear, evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear -
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
Synonyms : courtly, stately -
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Antonyms : informalExamples :- 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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characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
Examples :- formal duties
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logically deductive
Examples :- formal proof
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(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
Antonyms : informalExamples :- the paper was written in formal English
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