formal

1. n. See Methylal. Source: opted

2. a. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing. Source: opted

3. a. Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect. Source: opted

4. a. Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent. Source: opted

5. a. Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation. Source: opted

6. a. Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc. Source: opted

7. a. Dependent in form; conventional. Source: opted

8. a. Sound; normal. Source: opted

9. adj. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) Source: wordnet

10. adj. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority Source: wordnet

11. adj. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms Source: wordnet

12. adj. represented in simplified or symbolic form Source: wordnet

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