formality | | |
n. (event) | 1. formalities, formality | a requirement of etiquette or custom.; "a mere formality" |
| ~ ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance | a formal event performed on a special occasion.; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" |
n. (attribute) | 2. formality, formalness | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies.; "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention" |
| ~ personal manner, manner | a way of acting or behaving. |
| ~ ceremoniousness | a ceremonial manner. |
| ~ stateliness | an elaborate manner of doing something.; "she served coffee with great stateliness" |
n. (act) | 3. formality | compliance with formal rules.; "courtroom formality" |
| ~ abidance, compliance, conformity, conformation | acting according to certain accepted standards.; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" |
| ~ person of color, person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person. |
| ~ herald, trumpeter | (formal) a person who announces important news.; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet" |
| ~ slough of despond | (formal) extreme depression. |
| ~ banausic | (formal) ordinary and not refined.; "he felt contempt for all banausic occupations" |
| ~ in that, in this, therein | (formal) in or into that thing or place.; "they can read therein what our plans are" |
| ~ hereby, herewith | (formal) by means of this.; "I hereby declare you man and wife" |
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