FORMAL
\fˈɔːmə͡l], \fˈɔːməl], \f_ˈɔː_m_əl]\
Definitions of FORMAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
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logically deductive; "formal proof"
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characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
By Princeton University
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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"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
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logically deductive; "formal proof"
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characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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See Methylal.
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Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
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Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.
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Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
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Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.
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Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
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Dependent in form; conventional.
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Sound; normal.
By Oddity Software
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See Methylal.
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Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
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Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.
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Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
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Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.
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Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
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Dependent in form; conventional.
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Sound; normal.
By Noah Webster.
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According to custom or established rules; precise; ceremonious; conventional; essential; having the outward shape without the inward reality.
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Formally.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Formally.
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According to form or established mode: ceremonious: methodical: having the form only: having the power of making a thing what it is: essential: proper.
By Daniel Lyons
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Formally.
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According with established forms; ceremonial; ceremonious.
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Pertaining to form as opposed to substance; outward; external.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Methylal.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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According to form or established mode; methodical; strictly ceremonious: exact to affectation; done in due form; having the form without the substance; depending on customary forms; having the power of making a thing what it is; essential; proper.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Strictly ceremonious; done in due form; according to regular method; having the form or appearance without the substance or essence.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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A somnifacient anesthetic, CH2, (OCH3) 2.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Methylal, methylene dimethylate, CH2 (O.CH3)2, a colorless liquid; an excellent solvent for organic substances.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Ceremonious, solemn, precise; regular, methodical; external, having the appearance but not the essence; depending upon establishment or custom.
By Thomas Sheridan