Formally
['fɔːməlɪ] or ['fɔrmli]
Definition
(adv.) in a formal manner; 'he was dressed rather formally'.
(adv.) with official authorization; 'the club will be formally recognized'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.
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Examples
- Xodar and the green Jeddak were formally presented to each other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Almost formally--speaking first to her father, as it should be, in the world--though that was accident--or mischief. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I bowed rather formally; because I had before desired Deerhurst not to bring people to me without my permission. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The war between Persia and the Byzantine Empire was only formally concluded about the time of the beginning of Abu Bekr's rule. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Do not deliver the message formally. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was from the boy's _novia_, his fianc閑, and it was quietly, formally, and completely hysterical with concern for his safety. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- After a moment's pause it continued, politely but a little formally,-- I beg you will come in, Mr. Malone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Unused as I was to strangers, it was rather a trial to appear thus formally summoned in Mr. Rochester's presence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The nuptials of our hero, thus formally approved by his father, were celebrated in the most august of temples, the noble Minster of York. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr. Osborne formally offered to take the boy and make him heir to the fortune which he had intended that his father should inherit. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That could not beand I was formally dismissed from her favour and her house. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- His notion was, when he should have formally visited her a few times, to write a letter proposing marriage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was brought into the parlour with many tokens of welcome, and there formally recognized my mother as a new and near relation. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was formally necessary to have the Diamond valued, before the Will could be proved. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Brooklyn bridge, known also as the East River bridge, was formally opened to the public on the 24th of May 1883. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It gave him pleasure to say it and he said it quite formally in Spanish. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Both Crown and people were formally reformed and Protestant. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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