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Definition of Formally
1. Adverb. With official authorization. "The club will be formally recognized"
2. Adverb. In a formal manner. "He was dressed rather formally"
Definition of Formally
1. adv. In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.
Definition of Formally
1. Adverb. In a formal manner. ¹
2. Adverb. In accordance with official procedure. ¹
3. Adverb. In accordance with rigorous rules. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Formally
1. in a prescribed or customary manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Formally
Literary usage of Formally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"A truth is said to be formally revealed , when the speaker or revealer really
means to convey that truth by his language, to guarantee it by the authority ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"460) ; and, although attended with some Irregularities a member who is present
when a measure Is formally passed and votes for the same or fails to make ..."
3. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"The Name formally Adopted at Jackson, Michigan, in 1854—Nomination of John C.
... The state convention held in Ohio on July 13, 1855, formally declared ..."
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