| ADJECTIVE | all | informal | not formal |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | informal, loose | not officially recognized or controlled | |
| all | informal | used of spoken and written language | |
| all | informal, cozy, intimate | having or fostering a warm / warm or friendly and informal atmosphere |
| Sounds | ihnfao'rmahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | not formal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
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| Attribute of | formality, formalness | A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies |
| Narrower | casual, everyday, daily | Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions |
| folksy | Very informal and familiar | |
| free-and-easy, casual | Natural and unstudied | |
| unceremonious, unceremonial | Without ceremony or formality | |
| See also | informal | Used of spoken and written language |
| Opposite | formal | In accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
| Spanish | informal | |
| Catalan | informal | |
| Nouns | informality | freedom from constraint or embarrassment |
| Adverbs | informally | without formality |
| Meaning | not officially recognized or controlled. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "an informal agreement" | |
| Synonym | loose | |
| Broader | unofficial | not having official authority or sanction |
| Spanish | informal | |
| Catalan | informal | |
| Meaning | Used of spoken and written language. | |
|---|---|---|
| Attribute of | formality, formalness | A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies |
| Narrower | colloquial, conversational | characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation |
| common, vernacular, vulgar | Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | |
| epistolary, epistolatory | Written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence | |
| slangy | constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang | |
| subliterary | not written as or intended to be literature | |
| unliterary, nonliterary | marked by lack of affectation or pedantry | |
| See also | informal | not formal |
| unrhetorical | not rhetorical | |
| Opposite | formal | (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms |
| Spanish | informal | |
| Catalan | informal | |
| Adverbs | informally | with the use of colloquial expressions |
| Meaning | Having or fostering a warm / warm or friendly and informal atmosphere. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a relaxed informal manner" | |
| Synonyms | cozy, intimate | |
| Broader | friendly | characteristic of or befitting a friend |
| Nouns | informality | a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously |
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