formal

Definitions

1. 1noun

   See Methylal.

2. 2adjective

   Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.

3. 3adjective

   Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.

4. 4adjective

   Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.

5. 5adjective

   Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.

6. 6adjective

   Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.

7. 7adjective

   Dependent in form; conventional.

8. 8adjective

   Sound; normal.

9. 9noun

   a gown for evening wear

10. 10noun

    a lavish dance requiring formal attire

    Synonyms

    ball
11. 11adjective

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

    "a courtly gentleman"

    Synonyms

    courtlystately
12. 12adjective

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

    "pay one's formal respects"

    "formal dress"

13. 13adjective

    (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"

14. 14adjective

    logically deductive

    "formal proof"

15. 15adjective

    characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

    "formal duties"

    "an official banquet"

16. 16adjective

    represented in simplified or symbolic form

    Synonyms

    conventionalschematic