English dictionary · adj

formal

In accordance with established forms.

Meaning and definitions

1. In accordance with established forms.
2. Official.
3. Relating to the form or structure of something.

Connected roots

• form-

  shape, form

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• reform

  to make changes in order to improve something

• formation

  The act of assembling a group or structure.

• inform

  To instruct, train (usually in matters of knowledge).

• formative

  Capable of forming something.

• chloroform

  A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl₃; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

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