2.Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.
‘a _formal_ dinner party’
‘Taking the place of the wrestler, the artist meditates with eyes closed, dressed in the traditional clothing Japanese men wear for _formal_ occasions.’
3.Having a conventionally recognized form, structure, or set of rules.
‘he had little _formal_ education’
‘Since I hadn’t received a _formal_ graphic design education, I did not have the rudimentary skills required to develop a mature design style.’
5.Of or concerned with outward form or appearance as distinct from content.
‘I don’t know enough about art to appreciate the purely _formal_ qualities’
‘Ostensibly, the title designates the thematic qualities of the sonnets, but it also announces their _formal_ qualities as well.’
6.Of or denoting a style of writing or public speaking characterized by more elaborate grammatical structures and more conservative and technical vocabulary.
‘Here are a few of the letters, interesting to modern readers for their content and the _formal_ style of writing.’
‘It was written by her husband, yet its style was rigidly _formal_ , consistently using her surname alone.’
8.Relating to linguistic or logical form as opposed to function or meaning.
‘The contradistinction of the two logics, _formal_ logical and dialectical, is equally unjustified.’
‘It says that no consistent _formal_ logical system can prove its own consistency.’
词性:|adjective|
‘he is _formal_ in manner and clothing’
