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Words with a similar base: formal

'formal'

[ball.n.09] as in: a lavish dance requiring formal attire

'formal'

[dinner_dress.n.01] as in: a gown for evening wear

'formal'

[formal.a.01] as in: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g.

of formal dress)

Examples:
pay one's formal respects
formal dress
a formal ball
the requirement was only formal and often ignored
a formal education

'formal'

[formal.s.01] as in: characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

Examples:
formal duties
an official banquet

'formal'

[formal.a.03] as in: (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

Examples:
the paper was written in formal English

'formal'

[conventional.s.02] as in: represented in simplified or symbolic form

'formal'

[formal.s.03] as in: logically deductive

Examples:
formal proof

'formal'

[courtly.s.01] as in: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

Examples:
a courtly gentleman

Origins

					formal (English)
└── formel (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── formel (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── formalis (Latin)
            └── forma (Latin)
                └── μόρφα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))