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formally(dictionary)

formally (iou)



formally adverb. LME.
[from FORMAL adjective + -LY2.]
In formal respects; as regards form. LME.
F. Bowen What is formally correct may be materially false.
According to logical form; according to the principles of art or science. LME-L16.
Explicitly, expressly. E16.
W. Blackstone Perhaps in no instance it has ever been formally expressed at the first institution of a state.
In prescribed or customary form; with the formalities required to make an action valid or definite; in set form. M16.
W. Raeper MacDonald accepted the invitation formally after being presented with the official documents.
Regularly; in the normal or usual manner; with exact correspondence. Only in 17.
With formality of manner, ceremoniously. E17.
A. Massie Willy addressed Colette formally as 'vous' while she called him 'tu'.
As a matter of form; as a formality. L19.