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formality - a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention" |
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formalness |
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informality a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
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formal 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"
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informal not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"
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formal 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"
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informal not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"
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personal manner,
manner a way of acting or behaving
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ceremoniousness a ceremonial manner
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stateliness impressiveness in scale or proportion
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formality - compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality" |
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abidance,
compliance,
conformation,
conformity the act of abiding (enduring without yielding)
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formality - a requirement of etiquette or custom; "a mere formality" |
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formalities |
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ceremonial,
ceremonial occasion,
ceremony,
observance any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"
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