FORMAL

Definition of FORMAL

(noun)a lavish dance requiring formal attire
(noun)a gown for evening wear
(adj)being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
(adj)(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
(adj)characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
(adj)represented in simplified or symbolic form
(adj)logically deductive
(adj)refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court