Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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formal | Yes | Yes | No | No |
pro forma | No | Yes | No | Yes |
formal (noun) | pro forma (noun) |
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a gown for evening wear | |
a lavish dance requiring formal attire |
formal (adjective) | pro forma (adjective) |
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being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) | done or produced as a formality only |
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | |
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | |
logically deductive | |
represented in simplified or symbolic form | |
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority |
formal (adverb) | pro forma (adverb) |
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in a set manner without serious attention; as a formality |