Formal(a.) Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
Formal(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.
Formal(a.) Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
Formal(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.
Formal(a.) Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
Formal(a.) Dependent in form; conventional.
Formal(a.) Sound; normal.
Formal(n.) See Methylal.
Formalism(n.) The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.
Formalities(pl. ) of Formality
Formality(n.) The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.
Formality(n.) Form without substance.
Formality(n.) Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
Formality(n.) An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.
Formality(n.) The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal.
Formality(n.) That which is formal; the formal part.
Formality(n.) The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
Formality(n.) The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are formalities.
Formalize(v. i.) To affect formality.
Formalize(v. t.) To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.
Formalize(v. t.) To render formal.
Formalized(imp. & p. p.) of Formalize
Formalizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Formalize
Formally(adv.) In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.
Words within formality