1
[ adverb ] with official authorization

Synonyms

officially

Examples

"the club will be formally recognized"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

The resolution , which Barber tossed into the House hopper Friday , will be formally read Monday .

(The New York Times,...)

A big-league municipal stadium at Flushing_Meadow_Park is in_the_works , and once the lease is signed the local club will be formally recognized by Commissioner_Ford_C._Frick .

Related terms

official formal official formal

2
[ adverb ] in a formal manner

Synonyms

with_formality

Examples

"he was dressed rather formally"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Both were dressed rather formally .

Related terms

informally formal formal

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Rhymes with

informally abnormally normally orally morally territorially editorially mortally dorsally cordially family supremely homily forcefully statutorily proportionally subfamily awfully anomaly connolly clumsily minimally artfully finally lawfully nominally criminally phenomenally terminally temperamentally experimentally fundamentally horizontally historically unlawfully royally impartially partially heartily frugally unilaterally satisfactorily temperamentally environmentally mentally governmentally developmentally comically jauntily wrongfully mightily thoughtfully abysmally facsimile merrily broccoli gravelly dismally gloomily eerily hungrily angrily naturally unnaturally uncannily arbitrarily diametrically metrically actually ruefully theatrically electrically regally readily purposefully primarily federally wobbly nattily bodily customarily napoli horizontally circumstantially tactfully lazily financially greedily substantially crazily tripoli sloppily semiannually frightfully scantily unnecessarily delightfully luckily bubbly brutally peripherally vitally subtly irrationally nationally internationally rationally centrally empirically warily wearily momentarily materially secondarily voluntarily temporarily temporally frantically emotionally oligopoly happily monopoly racially ordinarily extraordinarily manfully rightfully federally fatally beneficially viscerally peripherally liberally literally unilaterally generally officially bilaterally unofficially artificially professionally practically casually tearfully commercially unhappily handily paradoxically superficially gradually frantically industrially governmentally crucially carefully thankfully galilee personally intentionally educationally institutionally constitutionally conditionally originally unconstitutionally operationally occasionally nutritionally unconditionally internationally nationally irrationally additionally conventionally medicinally diagonally traditionally marginally seasonally regionally exceptionally rationally provisionally functionally proportionally professionally unintentionally cheerfully necessarily militarily chronically electronically liberally literally fiscally fitfully annually severally manually sardonically

Phonetic and Homophones

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Similar Spelling

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