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formality    音标拼音: [fɔrm'æləti]
n. 礼节,程序,拘谨,正式手续

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formality
n 1: a requirement of etiquette or custom; "a mere formality"
[synonym: {formality}, {formalities}]
2: a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies;
"the formality of his voice made the others pay him close
attention" [synonym: {formality}, {formalness}] [ant:
{informality}]
3: compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality"

Formality \For*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Formalities}. [Cf. F.
formalit['e].]
1. The condition or quality of being formal, strictly
ceremonious, precise, etc.
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2. Form without substance.
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Such [books] as are mere pieces of formality, so
that if you look on them, you look though them.
--Fuller.
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3. Compliance with formal or conventional rules; ceremony;
conventionality.
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Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of
formality and custom, but of conscience.
--Atterbury.
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4. An established order; conventional rule of procedure;
usual method; habitual mode.
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He was installed with all the usual formalities.
--C.
Middleton.
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5. pl. The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical,
municipal, or sacerdotal. [Obs.]
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The doctors attending her in their formalities as
far as Shotover. --Fuller.
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6. That which is formal; the formal part.
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It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while
it aims to keep fast the outward formality.
--Milton.
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7. The quality which makes a thing what it is; essence.
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The material part of the evil came from our father
upon us, but the formality of it, the sting and the
curse, is only by ourselves. --Jer. Taylor.
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The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to
God. --Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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8. (Scholastic. Philos.) The manner in which a thing is
conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking; the
result of such an act; as, animality and rationality are
formalities.
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150 Moby Thesaurus words for "formality":
Procrustean law, act, baccalaureate service, bienseance, bill,
bylaw, canon, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, circumstance,
civility, code, commencement, conformity, convenance, convention,
conventional usage, conventionalism, conventionality, convocation,
correctness, criterion, custom, decency, decorousness, decorum,
decree, demureness, dictate, dictation, duty, earnestness, edict,
elegance, empty formality, enactment, etiquette, euphemism,
euphuism, exactness, exercise, exercises, exquisiteness, form,
form of worship, formal, formalism, formula, formulary, function,
good form, goody-goodness, goody-goodyism, graduation,
graduation exercises, gravity, grimness, guideline, heraldry,
holy rite, inaugural, inauguration, inflexibility, initiation,
institution, jus, law, law of nature, legislation, lex, liturgy,
long face, maxim, measure, mode of worship, mummery, mystery, norm,
norma, observance, office, order of nature, order of worship,
ordinance, ordonnance, overniceness, overpreciseness,
overrefinement, pedantry, performance, politesse, pomp, practice,
preciosity, preciousness, precisianism, precision, prescribed form,
prescript, prescription, pride, principle, procedure, propriety,
protocol, punctilio, purism, regulation, religious ceremony,
rigidity, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual,
ritual observance, rituality, rubric, rule, ruling, sacrament,
sacramental, sedateness, seemliness, seriousness, service,
set form, sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides,
sobriety, social convention, social usage, solemnity,
solemnization, solemnness, somberness, staidness, standard,
standing order, state, statute, stiffness, straight face,
strictness, thoughtfulness, universal law, weightiness, wont


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  • FORMALITY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of FORMALITY is compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony How to use formality in a sentence Did you know?
  • FORMALITY Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    FORMALITY definition: condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc ; conventionality See examples of formality used in a sentence
  • FORMALITY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    FORMALITY definition: 1 something that has to be done but has no real importance: 2 something that the law or an… Learn more
  • formality noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of formality noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • Formality - Wikipedia
    A formality is an established procedure or set of specific behaviors and utterances, conceptually similar to a ritual although typically secular and less involved
  • FORMALITY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you say that an action or procedure is just a formality, you mean that it is done only because it is normally done, and that it will not have any real effect on the situation
  • Formality - definition of formality by The Free Dictionary
    1 condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc ; conventionality 2 rigorously methodical character 3 strict adherence to established rules and procedures; rigidity 4 observance of form or ceremony 5 marked or excessive ceremoniousness 6 an established order or method of proceeding
  • formality - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
    for•mal•i•ty (fôr mal′ i tē), n , pl -ties conventionality rigorously methodical character rigidity observance of form or ceremony marked or excessive ceremoniousness an established order or method of proceeding: the formalities of judicial process a formal act or observance
  • What does FORMALITY mean? - Definitions. net
    Formality is a set of established conventions, rules, procedures or behaviors that are socially accepted and followed in specific settings, situations or institutions
  • formality - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    Something said or done as a matter of form A customary ritual without substance, real consequence, or unique meaning The examination for priesthood is no mere formality, so we have to study well (countable) A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc





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