Word: formal
Category: formal
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Synonyms: formal
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
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spanish
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formal
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german
Translations:
formell, formal, elegant, schematisch, formale, förmlich
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french
Translations:
formaliste, formel, officiel, schématique, cérémonieux
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italian
Translations:
formale
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dutch
Translations:
formeel, afgemeten, ceremonieel, plechtig
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russian
Translations:
правильный, номинальный, канцелярский, формальный, внешний, официальный
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norwegian
Translations:
formell
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finnish
Translations:
edustava, sovinnainen
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czech
Translations:
výslovný, oficiální, formální
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polish
Translations:
urzędowy, formalny, oficjalny, wizytowy, formalistyczny
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turkish
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biçimsel, resmi
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greek
Translations:
επίσημος
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ukrainian
Translations:
правильний, симетричний, номінальний, формальний
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estonian
Translations:
ametlik, formaalne
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croatian
Translations:
formalan, službeni, ceremonijalan, formalni
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latin
Translations:
formalis
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lithuanian
Translations:
formaliai
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romanian
Translations:
formal
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slovenian
Translations:
formální
The meaning and "use of": formal
adjective
- done in accordance with rules of convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important situation or occasion. - a formal dinner party
- officially sanctioned or recognized. - a formal complaint
- of or concerned with outward form or appearance, especially as distinct from content or matter. - I don't know enough about art to appreciate the purely formal qualities
- an evening gown. - She would do her hair up for fun sometimes, and trot around her apartment in evening formals for no reason at all.
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