What is the meaning of the word "formal"?

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  1. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) copy to clipboard adjective
    • pay one's formal respects copy to clipboard
  2. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority copy to clipboard adjective
    • formal duties copy to clipboard
  3. logically deductive copy to clipboard adjective
    • formal proof copy to clipboard
  4. of spoken and written language, adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms copy to clipboard adjective
    • The paper was written in formal English. copy to clipboard

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