formal
adjective
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refined or imposing in manner or appearancecourtly
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being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)“pay one's formal respects”
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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.”
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logically deductive“formal proof”
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characteristic of or befitting a person in authority“formal duties”
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represented in simplified or symbolic formconventional
noun
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a gown for evening weardinner dressdinner gownevening gown
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a lavish dance requiring formal attireball