Synonym: arranged, businesslike, correct, customary, orderly, proper, regular, stiff, structural, systematic. Antonym: informal. Similar words: normally, informal, format, formation, information, transformation, mall, small. Meaning: ['fɔrml /'fɔːml] 
n. 1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire 2. a gown for evening wear. adj. 1. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) 2. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority 3. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms 4. represented in simplified or symbolic form 5. logically deductive 6. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court.
n. 1. a lavish dance requiring formal attire 2. a gown for evening wear. adj. 1. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) 2. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority 3. (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms 4. represented in simplified or symbolic form 5. logically deductive 6. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court. 
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181. There were formal job applications to fill out.
182. Formal staff appraisal systems are essential.
183. The meeting concluded without formal agreement.
184. He had little formal schooling.
185. There was no formal written surrender agreement.
186. However, formal education is usually necessary for advancement.
187. Prescriptivists are seen as blind adherents to outdated norms of formal usage.
188. Formal signing of the two agreements is expected to take place early this year.
189. And here was his whole formal appellation, as if he were her lawyer or insurance agent.
190. Entry-level budget analysts may receive some formal training when they begin their jobs.
191. The circular gave formal acknowledgement to a practice already employed by some authorities and which continued thereafter to be ignored by others.
192. She had early ambitions to be a marine biologist, and always claimed that lack of formal educational opportunity prevented her.
193. Care in the community: formal agencies Different agencies offer domiciliary care in the community.
194. Formal appraisal systems, however, go beyond this normal daily checking and feedback.
195. More children than before are now acquiring a formal education beyond the minimum school-leaving age.
196. Two years later the moratorium was confirmed, although it has never become a formal agreement.
197. The formal agreement between the two parties is based purely upon an agreed discount rate.
198. More formal funding agreements are also required with local authorities and health authorities.
199. She noted though that after this Felipe de Santis was prepared to acknowledge Mitch's presence although he was stiffly formal.
200. Half of the adult population never fully develops formal operational reasoning.
201. Even in a formal business letter you should use a personal and human form of address.
202. Perhaps of greater significance, labourism influenced abstinence from the formal political sphere.
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203. Interested parties are required to make formal applications by Jan. 25, in a process likely to last several months.
204. Instead, they tend to focus on formal job descriptions, as these are key to performance appraisals.
205. However, the numerous formal international agreements on the laws of war actually say nothing directly on nuclear weapons.
206. It is one of the strangest anomalies of life that the absence of fear, and not formal education or brilliance of mind, is the major cause of individual success. Napoleon Hill 
207. Also, there are clear benefits from bringing proposed actions together in a formal strategic analysis and long-term financial plan.
208. Her only recourse was to make a formal appeal through her lawyer.
209. Except for an entitlement to a police car and driver when attending official functions, they receive no formal allowances.
210. NATO is a formal military alliance with America at its head.