Formal
//ˈfɔɹməl//
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The word "formal" can be used as adjective, noun and adjective.
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business formal essive-formal formal cause formal charge formal education formal equivalence formal fallacy formal grammar formal heresy formal language formal linguistics formal logic formal mathematics formal ontology formal power series formal science formal semantics formal series formal sociology formal sum formal swap formal system formal validity formal wear formalese formalesque formalish formalism formalist formality formalization formalize formally formalness formalwear hyperformal microformal non-formal learning nonformal omniformal overformal postformal pseudoformal semiformal superformal ultraformal unformal
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black-tie buckram buckram ceremonial ceremonial ceremonious ceremonious conventional dignified dress form only form-only full dress full-dress literary literary logical logical nominal nominal nonrepresentational official official perfunctory positive prescribed prescribed pro forma pro forma rhetorical semi formal semi-formal semiformal starchy stiff titular white tie white-tie
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