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Meaning of 'formality' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Formality [ n.]
- The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.
- Form without substance.
- Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony; conventionality.
- An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.
- The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal.
- That which is formal; the formal part.
- The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
- 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.

Meaning of 'formality' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . formality [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a requirement of etiquette or custom
Example in sentence:
  • a mere formality
Meaning (2):
- compliance with formal rules
Example in sentence:
  • courtroom formality
Meaning (3):
- a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies
Example in sentence:
  • the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention

Nearby Words:

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