formality 音标拼音: [fɔrm'æləti]
n . 礼节,程序,拘谨,正式手续
礼节,程式,拘谨,正式手续
formality n 1 :
a requirement of etiquette or custom ; "
a mere formality "
[
synonym : {
formality }, {
formalities }]
2 :
a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies ;
"
the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention " [
synonym : {
formality }, {
formalness }] [
ant :
{
informality }]
3 :
compliance with formal rules ; "
courtroom formality "
Formality \
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n .;
pl . {
Formalities }. [
Cf .
F .
formalit ['
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1 .
The condition or quality of being formal ,
strictly ceremonious ,
precise ,
etc .
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2 .
Form without substance .
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Such [
books ]
as are mere pieces of formality ,
so that if you look on them ,
you look though them .
--
Fuller .
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3 .
Compliance with formal or conventional rules ;
ceremony ;
conventionality .
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Nor was his attendance on divine offices a matter of formality and custom ,
but of conscience .
--
Atterbury .
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4 .
An established order ;
conventional rule of procedure ;
usual method ;
habitual mode .
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He was installed with all the usual formalities .
--
C .
Middleton .
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5 .
pl .
The dress prescribed for any body of men ,
academical ,
municipal ,
or sacerdotal . [
Obs .]
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The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover . --
Fuller .
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6 .
That which is formal ;
the formal part .
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It unties the inward knot of marriage , . . .
while it aims to keep fast the outward formality .
--
Milton .
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7 .
The quality which makes a thing what it is ;
essence .
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The material part of the evil came from our father upon us ,
but the formality of it ,
the sting and the curse ,
is only by ourselves . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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The formality of the vow lies in the promise made to God . --
Bp .
Stillingfleet .
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8 . (
Scholastic .
Philos .)
The manner in which a thing is conceived or constituted by an act of human thinking ;
the result of such an act ;
as ,
animality and rationality are formalities .
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150 Moby Thesaurus words for "
formality ":
Procrustean law ,
act ,
baccalaureate service ,
bienseance ,
bill ,
bylaw ,
canon ,
celebration ,
ceremonial ,
ceremony ,
circumstance ,
civility ,
code ,
commencement ,
conformity ,
convenance ,
convention ,
conventional usage ,
conventionalism ,
conventionality ,
convocation ,
correctness ,
criterion ,
custom ,
decency ,
decorousness ,
decorum ,
decree ,
demureness ,
dictate ,
dictation ,
duty ,
earnestness ,
edict ,
elegance ,
empty formality ,
enactment ,
etiquette ,
euphemism ,
euphuism ,
exactness ,
exercise ,
exercises ,
exquisiteness ,
form ,
form of worship ,
formal ,
formalism ,
formula ,
formulary ,
function ,
good form ,
goody -
goodness ,
goody -
goodyism ,
graduation ,
graduation exercises ,
gravity ,
grimness ,
guideline ,
heraldry ,
holy rite ,
inaugural ,
inauguration ,
inflexibility ,
initiation ,
institution ,
jus ,
law ,
law of nature ,
legislation ,
lex ,
liturgy ,
long face ,
maxim ,
measure ,
mode of worship ,
mummery ,
mystery ,
norm ,
norma ,
observance ,
office ,
order of nature ,
order of worship ,
ordinance ,
ordonnance ,
overniceness ,
overpreciseness ,
overrefinement ,
pedantry ,
performance ,
politesse ,
pomp ,
practice ,
preciosity ,
preciousness ,
precisianism ,
precision ,
prescribed form ,
prescript ,
prescription ,
pride ,
principle ,
procedure ,
propriety ,
protocol ,
punctilio ,
purism ,
regulation ,
religious ceremony ,
rigidity ,
rite ,
rite de passage ,
rite of passage ,
ritual ,
ritual observance ,
rituality ,
rubric ,
rule ,
ruling ,
sacrament ,
sacramental ,
sedateness ,
seemliness ,
seriousness ,
service ,
set form ,
sober -
mindedness ,
soberness ,
sobersidedness ,
sobersides ,
sobriety ,
social convention ,
social usage ,
solemnity ,
solemnization ,
solemnness ,
somberness ,
staidness ,
standard ,
standing order ,
state ,
statute ,
stiffness ,
straight face ,
strictness ,
thoughtfulness ,
universal law ,
weightiness ,
wont
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