being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) | not formal |
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | used of spoken and written language |
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere |
logically deductive | not officially recognized or controlled |
represented in simplified or symbolic form | |
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority | |