formality
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ælɪti
Noun [edit]
formality (countable and uncountable; plural formalities)
- (uncountable) The state of being formal.
- Something said or done as a matter of form.
- A customary ritual without new or unique meaning.
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External links [edit]
- formality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- formality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
