Definition of Informality

1. Noun. A manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously.

Generic synonyms: Manner, Personal Manner
Specialized synonyms: Casualness, Familiarity, Unceremoniousness
Antonyms: Formality
Derivative terms: Informal

2. Noun. Freedom from constraint or embarrassment. "I am never at ease with strangers"
Exact synonyms: Ease
Generic synonyms: Naturalness
Derivative terms: Informal

Definition of Informality

1. n. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

Definition of Informality

1. Noun. The condition of being informal ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Informality

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Medical Definition of Informality

1. 1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings. 2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Informality

infopreneur
infopreneurial
infopreneurs
inforc't
inforce
inforced
inforcement
inforces
inforcing
inform
informal
informal fallacy
informal logic
informalities
informality (current term)
informalize
informalized
informalizes
informalizing
informally
informant
informants
informatic
informatical
informatically
informatician
informaticians
informaticist
informaticists

Literary usage of Informality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scots Digest of Scots Appeals in the House of Lords from 1707 and of the by Robert Candlish Henderson, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1908)
"Trustee—Election—informality- Order for New Election — Meeting. — A meeting of creditors for choosing a trustee made an election after the preses had left ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1921)
"Effect of informality in Mortgages. Mortgages, or conveyances by way of security in the nature of mortgages, are seldom void for informality unless the ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1838)
"informality. The pleadings, in fact, contain all the averments required by the decisions of this Court, to give jurisdiction to the courts of the United ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: In by Sandford Nevile, Great Britain Court of King's Bench (1835)
"There appears to be no informality upon the face of the order; and no extrinsic informality has been brought before the Court by a special If this Court ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Replevin: As Administered in the Courts of the by Henry Ward Wells (1880)
"Where the suit is dismissed for informality. ... the plaintiff is compelled to dismiss his suit for some informality in the proceeding, where no trial Dong. ..."

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