FORMALNESS Synonyms

• propriety in manners and conduct

• the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

• formality in bearing and appearance

• high office or rank or station

• a fine point of etiquette or petty formality

• strict observance of formalities

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the result of improving something

• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

• a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

• the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste

• a trait of dignified seriousness

• a solemn and dignified feeling

• uplifting enlightenment

• a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

• being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject

• the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

• falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies

• an elaborate manner of doing something

• impressiveness in scale or proportion

• a requirement of etiquette or custom

• a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies

• compliance with formal rules