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1.
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
2.
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
formal duties
3.
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
the paper was written in formal English
4.
represented in simplified or symbolic form
5.
logically deductive
formal proof
6.
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
'formal' - used as a noun
7.
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
8.
a gown for evening wear
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