Formal

/ˈfɔːm(ə)l/

/ˈfɔːrm(ə)l/

Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; Logically deductive; Represented in simplified or symbolic form; (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress).

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1. She's formal in her business dealings.
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2. His formal manner kept people at distance.
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3. The formal approach suited the corporate environment.
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4. She's formal but not unfriendly.
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5. His formal speech patterns impressed the board.
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6. Boy, did she have egg on her face when she showed up at the formal party wearing blue jeans!
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7. He was a tall, heavy-looking young man of five-and-twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.
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8. I never know when to use the formal or informal second-person pronoun.
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9. After 18:00 on the 15th of April of 2025, on Lulu Island, I walked to Tim Hortons café, there to meditate whilst having an iced coffee with oat milk. Joanne my Ukrainian-descent neighbour popped in to buy a Wild Blueberry Muffin, for her neighbour Eve. With the brown paper bag in her hand, she sat for a moment at my table, and we talked about meditation. I said that I used to go to meditation classes in a Thai Buddhist temple, Wat Yanviriya, when I lived in Vancouver, BC. Joanne said that she meditates every morning, but without formal postures. Joanne is the wife of my friend Rod. Joanne likes astronomy. I like women, and men, of course, who like astronomy. After Joanne exited, by then it was about 19:00; I watched the glow of the sun behind the townhouses outside the bay windows. The sky there was cloudless. There were a few brown men in the café.
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10. She spoke formal English, without any dialect.
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11. I'd like to make a formal complaint.
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12. Despite efforts by limnologists and freshwater biologists to create a formal definition of “pond”, there is still no universal distinction between a “pond” and a “lake.”
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13. Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar.
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14. The formal stage is a critical part of any child's development.
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15. Formal wear must be worn at my wedding!
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16. He's always very formal, and I wish he'd relax a bit.
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17. When they became a formal club the rowers built a small boathouse.
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18. A set of words can be formal cognates only if they can be derived from a common ancestor by regular sound laws.
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19. Only formal proofs, which derive theorems logically from their given axioms, are considered satisfactory in modern mathematics.
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20. Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence.
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Usage Examples

Example Sentences

1. She's formal in her business dealings.

2. His formal manner kept people at distance.

3. The formal approach suited the corporate environment.

4. She's formal but not unfriendly.

5. His formal speech patterns impressed the board.

6. Boy, did she have egg on her face when she showed up at the formal party wearing blue jeans!

7. He was a tall, heavy-looking young man of five-and-twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.

8. I never know when to use the formal or informal second-person pronoun.

10. She spoke formal English, without any dialect.

11. I'd like to make a formal complaint.

12. Despite efforts by limnologists and freshwater biologists to create a formal definition of “pond”, there is still no universal distinction between a “pond” and a “lake.”

13. Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar.

14. The formal stage is a critical part of any child's development.

15. Formal wear must be worn at my wedding!

16. He's always very formal, and I wish he'd relax a bit.

17. When they became a formal club the rowers built a small boathouse.

18. A set of words can be formal cognates only if they can be derived from a common ancestor by regular sound laws.

19. Only formal proofs, which derive theorems logically from their given axioms, are considered satisfactory in modern mathematics.

20. Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence.