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Definition of formal

formal - adj. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; logically deductive; characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; represented in simplified or symbolic form; noun a gown for evening wear; a lavish dance requiring formal attire.



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