Results for formal

Definitions of formal:

part of speech: adverb

Formally.

part of speech: adjective

Strictly ceremonious; done in due form; according to regular method; having the form or appearance without the substance or essence.

part of speech: adjective

According to custom or established rules; precise; ceremonious; conventional; essential; having the outward shape without the inward reality.

part of speech: adjective

According to form or established mode: ceremonious: methodical: having the form only: having the power of making a thing what it is: essential: proper.

Usage examples for formal:

• As for friends living near, they usually came and went at will, often without the ceremony of knocking or formal leave- taking. "The Boys' Life of Mark Twain", Albert Bigelow Paine

• For what avail a few cold, formal reflections upon the sufferings of our Lord, whilst we are destitute of that meek and patient spirit with which he bore them? "True Christianity", Johann Arndt

• At his going away, Grave Eric invited Whitelocke to dine with him on Monday next, and to come as a particular friend and brother, and not by a formal invitation as an ambassador. "A Journal of the Swedish Embassy in the Years 1653 and 1654, Vol II.", Bulstrode Whitelocke