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As an adjective formal

is being in accord with established forms.

As a noun formal

is formalin.

As a verb inured is

past tense of inure.

formal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being in accord with established forms.
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  • Official.
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  • Relating to the form or structure of something.
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  • Relating to formation.
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  • Ceremonial.
  • :(rfquote-sense)
  • Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
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  • Organized; well-structured and planned.
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  • (mathematics) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
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    • Antonyms

    * informal

    Derived terms

    * formal cause * formalize * formalist * formalism * formality

    Related terms

    * form

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Formalin.
  • An evening gown.
  • An event with a formal dress code.
    • Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 formal .

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    inured

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (inure)

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    inure

    English

    Verb

  • To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); to habituate.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
    • To none of these evidences of a fearful tragedy of a long dead day did little Tarzan give but passing heed. His wild jungle life had inured him to the sight of dead and dying animals, and had he known that he was looking upon the remains of his own father and mother he would have been no more greatly moved.
  • * 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 465:
    • Your insults to myself can be endured, / I am a philosopher and am inured . / But there are insults that I will not swallow / That you have levelled at our gods.
  • * 1996 , , The Demon-Haunted World
    • As Tom Paine warned, inuring us to lies lays the groundwork for many other evils.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, legal) To take effect, to be operative.
  • * Jim buys a beach house that includes the right to travel across the neighbor's property to get to the water. That right of way is said, cryptically, "to inure to the benefit of Jim".

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