formal

formal has 16 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. See Methylal.
• a.. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
• a.. 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.
• a.. Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
• a.. 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.
• a.. Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
• a.. Dependent in form; conventional.
• a.. Sound; normal.
• n.. a gown for evening wear
• n.. a lavish dance requiring formal attire
• a.. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
• a.. 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"