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1. (noun) ball, formal
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
Synonyms: lump, clump, orb, glob, bollock, testis, clod, dinner dress, globe, nut, evening gown, musket ball, dinner gown, chunk, egg, formal, testicle, ball, orchis, ballock
Antonyms: informal, folksy, unlogical, epistolary, casual, nonliterary, undignified, illogical, subliterary, unceremonial, representational, vulgar, daily, common, unliterary, conversational, vernacular, colloquial, epistolatory, slangy, unceremonious, unofficial, everyday, free-and-easy

2. (adj) dinner dress, dinner gown, formal, evening gown
a gown for evening wear
Synonyms: dinner dress, dinner gown, ball, formal, evening gown
Antonyms: common, daily, slangy, epistolatory, unlogical, nonliterary, folksy, subliterary, illogical, casual, everyday, unceremonial, representational, unofficial, informal, undignified, unliterary, epistolary, vernacular, vulgar, colloquial, conversational, unceremonious, free-and-easy

3. (adj) formal
being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Synonyms: stately, courtly, schematic, conventional
Antonyms: everyday, unofficial, illogical, undignified, casual, unliterary, vernacular, nonliterary, informal, conversational, unceremonious, unceremonial, colloquial, free-and-easy, folksy, subliterary, common, epistolatory, daily, slangy, vulgar, epistolary, representational, unlogical

4. (adj) formal
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
Synonyms: stately, courtly, schematic, conventional
Antonyms: unceremonious, slangy, casual, conversational, epistolary, representational, folksy, unceremonial, undignified, nonliterary, illogical, subliterary, unliterary, colloquial, informal, vulgar, free-and-easy, common, epistolatory, unlogical, daily, vernacular, unofficial, everyday

5. (adj) formal
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
Synonyms: stately, courtly, schematic, conventional
Antonyms: casual, daily, slangy, epistolary, unliterary, informal, representational, unofficial, common, nonliterary, free-and-easy, conversational, vernacular, illogical, unlogical, vulgar, colloquial, unceremonial, everyday, unceremonious, undignified, subliterary, epistolatory, folksy

6. (adj) conventional, formal, schematic
represented in simplified or symbolic form
Synonyms: established, ceremonious, courtly, schematic, formal, stately, conventional
Antonyms: representational, nonliterary, informal, epistolary, undignified, daily, common, epistolatory, vulgar, unceremonial, free-and-easy, casual, unofficial, illogical, slangy, folksy, subliterary, vernacular, everyday, colloquial, unliterary, unlogical, conversational, unceremonious

7. (adj) formal
logically deductive
Synonyms: stately, courtly, schematic, conventional
Antonyms: epistolatory, conversational, unceremonious, unlogical, illogical, unofficial, informal, unceremonial, daily, representational, nonliterary, everyday, colloquial, free-and-easy, casual, undignified, common, unliterary, epistolary, slangy, vulgar, subliterary, vernacular, folksy

8. (adj) courtly, formal, stately
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
Synonyms: baronial, noble, conventional, stately, schematic, imposing, formal, statuesque, courtly
Antonyms: free-and-easy, unofficial, representational, conversational, nonliterary, casual, unceremonial, undignified, informal, epistolatory, folksy, slangy, vernacular, daily, everyday, colloquial, unceremonious, vulgar, common, illogical, unlogical, unliterary, subliterary, epistolary


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