Formality
41as a formality — adverb in a set manner without serious attention they answered my letter pro forma he kissed her cheek perfunctorily • Syn: ↑perfunctorily, ↑pro forma • Derived from adjective: ↑perfunctory (for: ↑ …
42Formalities — Formality For*mal i*ty, n.; pl. {Formalities}. [Cf. F. formalit[ e].] 1. The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. Form without substance. [1913 Webster] Such [books] as are mere pieces of… …
43formalism — formality, formalism The first is the ordinary noun corresponding to formal: formality is primarily the observance of rules and conventions, a formality is something that has to be done by convention (often with implications of superfluousness:… …
44T–V distinction — In sociolinguistics, a T–V distinction is a contrast, within one language, between second person pronouns that are specialized for varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee. Contents 1… …
45T-V distinction — In sociolinguistics, a T V distinction describes the situation wherein a language has second person pronouns that distinguish varying levels of politeness, social distance, courtesy, familiarity, or insult toward the addressee. History and… …
46ceremony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ritual, formality, punctilio, protocol; form, observance, rite, sacrament, function. See ostentation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A public event] Syn. function, commemoration, services; see celebration 1 …
47Kimono — For the Icelandic band, see Kimono (band). A traditional wedding kimono with tsunokakushi (wedding headpiece) …
48Register (sociolinguistics) — For the phonological term, see Register (phonology). In linguistics, a register is a variety of a language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting. For example, when speaking in a formal setting an English speaker may be… …
49contract — contractee, n. contractible, adj. contractibility, contractibleness, n. contractibly, adv. n., adj., and usu. for v. 16 18, 22, 23 /kon trakt/; otherwise v. /keuhn trakt /, n. 1. an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing …
50emails — 1. Writing and receiving emails has become a common enough activity during the last ten years or so to warrant guidance comparable to that for writing letters (see letter forms). Generally speaking, emails tend to combine the immediacy of… …
