formality

1. A requirement of etiquette or custom (synset 107469617)
   "a mere formality"
   is a type of: ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion
   same as: formalities
2. A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies (synset 104918597)
   "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention"
   tells us about:

   • formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
   • informal - not formal
   • formal - (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
   • informal - used of spoken and written language
   is a type of: manner, personal manner - a way of acting or behaving
   subtypes:

   • ceremoniousness - a ceremonial manner
   • stateliness - an elaborate manner of doing something
   same as: formalness
3. Compliance with formal rules (synset 101206545)
   "courtroom formality"
   domain member usage:

   • person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person
   • herald, trumpeter - (formal) a person who announces important news
   • slough of despond - (formal) extreme depression
   • banausic - (formal) ordinary and not refined
   • in that, in this, therein - (formal) in or into that thing or place
   • hereby, herewith - (formal) by means of this
   is a type of: abidance, compliance, conformation, conformity - acting according to certain accepted standards

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