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official; legally recognized
ball, formal(noun)a lavish dance requiring formal attire
dinner dress, dinner gown, formal, evening gown(adj)a gown for evening wear
formal(adj)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"
formal(adj)characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
"formal duties"; "an official banquet"
formal(adj)(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"
conventional, formal, schematic(adj)represented in simplified or symbolic form
formal(adj)logically deductive
"formal proof"
courtly, formal, stately(adj)refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
"a courtly gentleman"
a social gathering for dancinghe asked her to the formal at the end of the year
following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules a formal meeting of the board of directorsa formal contract that was legally binding
being something in name or form onlywas the formal head of the charitable organization though he never attended a single meeting
marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and detailsgave her a formal invitation to dinner
relating to or suitable for wearing to an event requiring elegant dress and manners the dress code is formal for tonight's eventa shop that rents out formal wear
very dignified in form, tone, or stylethe formal language of the coronation ceremony
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