Collocations for formal - adj.
1. very correct/official
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
strictly
Learning was by rote and strictly formal.
strictly
Learning was by rote and strictly formal.
2. concerned with the way sth is done
ADVERB
merely,
purely
Getting approval for the plan is a purely formal matter: nobody will seriously oppose it.
Getting approval for the plan is a purely formal matter: nobody will seriously oppose it.
largely
The monarch retains largely formal duties.
The monarch retains largely formal duties.
Formal is used with these nouns:
acceptance, acknowledgement, adoption, agreement, alliance, announcement, apology, appeal, application, appointment, approach, approval, arrangement, aspect, assessment, association, assurance, authorization, banquet, bow, briefing, care, caution, ceremony, channel, clothes, communication, competence, complaint, composition, conference, consent, contract, declaration, definition, description, dining room, dinner, discussion, distinction, dress, education, employment, enquiry, equality, establishment, evaluation, event, evidence, examination, expression, garden, gathering, greeting, guideline, hearing, inauguration, instruction, introduction, invitation, language, learning, lecture, letter, link, logic, manner, meeting, negotiation, news conference, notification, occasion, offer, opening, permission, politeness, presentation, procedure, process, procession, proof, proposal, protest, qualification, reception, recognition, record, register, registration, relationship, reply, report, reprimand, request, requirement, resolution, rigour, rule, schooling, separation, setting, statement, structure, style, suit, talk, teaching, tone, training, treaty, tuxedo, verdict, visit, vocabulary, warning, wear
acceptance, acknowledgement, adoption, agreement, alliance, announcement, apology, appeal, application, appointment, approach, approval, arrangement, aspect, assessment, association, assurance, authorization, banquet, bow, briefing, care, caution, ceremony, channel, clothes, communication, competence, complaint, composition, conference, consent, contract, declaration, definition, description, dining room, dinner, discussion, distinction, dress, education, employment, enquiry, equality, establishment, evaluation, event, evidence, examination, expression, garden, gathering, greeting, guideline, hearing, inauguration, instruction, introduction, invitation, language, learning, lecture, letter, link, logic, manner, meeting, negotiation, news conference, notification, occasion, offer, opening, permission, politeness, presentation, procedure, process, procession, proof, proposal, protest, qualification, reception, recognition, record, register, registration, relationship, reply, report, reprimand, request, requirement, resolution, rigour, rule, schooling, separation, setting, statement, structure, style, suit, talk, teaching, tone, training, treaty, tuxedo, verdict, visit, vocabulary, warning, wear