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Synonyms

• ball form into a ball by winding or rolling; round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games; a solid projectile that is shot by a musket; an object with a spherical shape; the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; a spherical object used as a plaything; United States comedienne best known as the star of a popular television program (1911-1989) ; a compact mass; a lavish dance requiring formal attire ; a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; a pitch that is not in the strike zone

Synonyms

• dinner dress a gown for evening wear
• dinner gown a gown for evening wear
• evening gown a gown for evening wear

• “pay one’s formal respects“
• “formal dress“
• “a formal ball“
• “the requirement was only formal and often ignored“
• “a formal education“

• “formal duties“
• “an official banquet“

• “the paper was written in formal English“

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• conventional following accepted customs and proprieties; conforming with accepted standards; (weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; unimaginative and conformist; represented in simplified or symbolic form ; in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past; rigidly formal or bound by convention
• schematic represented in simplified or symbolic form ; diagram of an electrical or mechanical system

• “formal proof“

• “befitting a royal court“
• “a courtly gentleman“

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• courtly refined or imposing in manner or appearance
• stately impressive in appearance; of size and dignity suggestive of a statue ; refined or imposing in manner or appearance