formality

formality is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.
2. noun. Form without substance.
3. noun. Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
4. noun. An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.
5. noun. The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal.
6. noun. That which is formal; the formal part.
7. noun. The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
8. noun. The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities.
9. noun. compliance with formal rules

   "courtroom formality"

10. noun. a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies

    "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention"

    Synonyms: formalness

11. noun. a requirement of etiquette or custom

    "a mere formality"

    Synonyms: formalities

Synonyms

formalness, formalities

Common word forms

formalities

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