Formal

noun
'fɔrmæl

Adjective

  • 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

    See also:Conventional
  • (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

    See also:Rhetorical
  • characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

    formal duties

  • logically deductive

    formal proof

  • represented in simplified or symbolic form

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

    Similar:CourtlyStately

Noun

  • a lavish dance requiring formal attire

    Similar:Ball
    Type of:Dance
  • a gown for evening wear

    Type of:GownFormalwearEveningwear

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