formally

Adverb

Meaning

In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

officially just official formal regularly properly publicly strictly legally correctly carefully deliberately intentionally systematically nominally
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Antonyms

informally anyhow completely naturally accidentally anyway
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Phrases with the word

formally request formally judge formally acknowledged

Examples

he was dressed rather formally Source: Internet

the club will be formally recognized Source: Internet

According to the CDC's most recent update on public health response measures here in the States, the coronavirus (formally known as COVID-19) is currently still "not recognized to be spreading in U.S. communities." Source: Internet

According to the Durban Metropolitan Open Space System (D’MOSS), about 95,000 hectares, or nearly a third of the city’s area, has biodiversity importance but only 9.4% is formally conserved — 3% of the total. Source: Internet

Accordingly, Antonescu formally outlawed all political forces in February 1941, codifying penal labor as punishment for most public forms of political expression. Source: Internet

According to John Sobol, the jazz musician and poet who wrote Digitopia Blues, rap "bears a striking resemblance to the evolution of jazz both stylistically and formally." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

formalize formalized formalizer formally judge formally request formalness