FORMALNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does formalness mean? 

• FORMALNESS (noun)
  The noun FORMALNESS has 1 sense:

1. a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies

  Familiarity information: FORMALNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMALNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

formality; formalness

Context example:

the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention

Hypernyms ("formalness" is a kind of...):

manner; personal manner (a way of acting or behaving)

Attribute:

formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))

informal (not formal)

formal ((of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms)

informal (used of spoken and written language)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "formalness"):

ceremoniousness (a ceremonial manner)

stateliness (an elaborate manner of doing something)

Derivation:

formal (refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court)

formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))