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formality
noun for·mal·i·ty \fȯr-ˈma-lə-tē\
: a formal quality
: something that is required or usual but that has little true meaning or importance
: a formal part, activity, etc.
plural for·mal·i·ties
Full Definition of FORMALITY
2
: the quality or state of being formal
3
: an established form or procedure that is required or conventional <the interview was just a formality>
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First Known Use of FORMALITY
1597
Related to FORMALITY
- Synonyms
- amenity, attention, courtesy, civility, gesture, pleasantry, politeness
Rhymes with FORMALITY
anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
FORMALITIES Defined for Kids
formality
noun for·mal·i·ty \fȯr-ˈma-lə-tē\
plural for·mal·i·ties
Definition of FORMALITY for Kids
1
: the quality or state of being formal <the formality of the occasion>
2
: an established way of doing something <wedding formalities>
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