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Adjective Synset: 301041916

Words: formal

Gloss: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"

also see 300605516 - conventional
also see 301045216 - formal
attribute 104911420 - formality, formalness
derivationally related 104911420 - formality, formalness
derivationally related 101204055 - formality
antonym 301044240 - informal
similar to 301042491 - ceremonial
similar to 301042703 - ceremonious, conventional
similar to 301042921 - dress, full-dress
similar to 301043070 - form-only
similar to 301043226 - dress, full-dress
similar to 301043374 - nominal, titular
similar to 301043505 - positive, prescribed
similar to 301043619 - perfunctory, pro_forma
similar to 301043746 - black-tie, semi-formal, semiformal
similar to 301043924 - buckram, starchy, stiff
similar to 301044118 - white-tie

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