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Definition & Synonyms
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• Formal
- (n.) See Methylal.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Sound; normal.
- (a.) 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.
- (a.) Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
- (a.) Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
- (a.) Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
- (a.) Dependent in form; conventional.
Synonyms:
Conventional, Courtly, Elegant, Schematic, Stately,
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• Formalize
- (v. i.) To affect formality.
- (v. t.) To render formal.
- (v. t.) To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.
Synonyms:
Validate,
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• Formalist
- (n.) One overattentive to forms, or too much confined to them; esp., one who rests in external religious forms, or observes strictly the outward forms of worship, without possessing the life and spirit of religion.
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