being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" 公認様式、慣例、及び必要条件調和すること（礼服の例のように）。
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(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English" （口語や文語について）略式、短縮、口語体を用いず、正確性に対する伝統的な標準に忠実であるさま。
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【上位】 a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions 通常、体にぴったり合った、長いフレアスカートのある女性用ドレスで、しばしばフォーマルな機会に着られる。
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