förmlich, die äußeren Formen, die Umgangsformen beachtend; Ggs.: informell.
ETYM Latin formalis: cf. French formel.
1. (Of spoken and written language) Adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms.
2. Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress).
3. Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority.
4. Logically deductive.
1. Consisting of or containing starch
2. Rigidly formal; SYN. stiff, buckram.
1. In a formal manner; SYN. with formality.
2. With official authorization; SYN. officially.