formally
149
3.7
- adverb
- /ˈfɔrməli/
- Formal
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formalmente
- On August 15, 1997, it will be 50 years since the British formally relinquished control of India.
- formally recognized
- formally ratified the agreement
- formally adopted
Again, I doubt that publishers formally agreed to do that.
- Again, I doubt that publishers formally agreed to do that.
- We're not saying the government should formally restrict this information.
- And then Aaron gets up and kneels down formally on both knees.
- Hi, OK Flossed and I'd like to formally welcome you to this video
- Can we construct formally a kind of test that tests for AGI?
- And so women are now getting jobs that were formally reserved for men.
- So economists are fond of of trying to formally model the market.
- So to give another example, after brown schools are formally desegregated.
- Hey, man, I want to formally apologize to the Bros on the podcast.
- Ogan, who formally endorsed Erdogan on Monday.
- They aren't getting formally assessed for ADHD and doing that kind of work.
- It's a walk of shame even before you were charged formally or you appeared in court.
- So you can think of it formally in your head as some kind of continuous column vector.
- They know how to formally package this kind of situation into induction.
- We've got to learn from delivery and and training people formally.
Examples
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Let us formally define this idea of anti derivative in a formal, precise and rigorous way.
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We will then select one male and one female to formally join our company.
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OK, so let's go ahead now and formally go through the proof.
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Someone will have to formally confirm that it's her.
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We're not saying the government should formally restrict this information.
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I don't believe you two have formally been introduced.
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We haven't been formally introduced.
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On 1 January 1979, China and the United States formally established diplomatic relations.
Academic text (1999) -
We'll formally arraign the defendant on his return.
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The committee will formally announce the new policy at the meeting next week.
Synonyms
520
3.0
In a way that a government or other authority approves
14
3.9
In the usual way most people do things
4
5.3
Following a set of steps or rules to do something
2
4.6
In a formal way during a ceremony
1
9.6
In a way that follows accepted rules
1
7.9
In a way that follows church or other official rules
In a strict, rule-following way that ignores feeling
Antonyms
How Formal
520
3.0
- Formal
2
4.6
- Formal
149
3.7
9
3.4
103
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word formally comes from the Latin forma, meaning 'shape', and from the common English word form, so it originally meant doing something in the right 'shape' or order. So to act formally is to follow the proper rules and appearance.