| NOUN | attribute | formalness, formality | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies |
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| Meaning | A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies. | |
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| Synonym | formality | |
| Attributes | formal | In accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
| formal | (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | |
| informal | not formal | |
| informal | Used of spoken and written language | |
| Narrower | ceremoniousness | A ceremonial manner |
| stateliness | An elaborate manner of doing something | |
| Broader | manner, personal manner | A way of acting or behaving |
| Opposite | informality | A manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously |
| Spanish | etiqueta, formalidad | |
| Catalan | formalitat | |
| Adjectives | formal | being in accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
| formal | refined or imposing in manner or appearance | |
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