Definitions
adjective
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
“pay one's formal respects”
adjective
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
“formal duties”
adjective
logically deductive
“formal proof”
adjective
adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
“the paper was written in formal English”
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