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Synonyms for formalities
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fawr-mal-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔrˈmæl ɪ ti |
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Définition of formalities
Origin :- 1530s, "agreement as to form," from Middle French formalité (15c.) or directly from Latin formalis "formal" (see formal). Originally "literary form;" meaning "something done for the sake of form" is from 1590s. Related: Formalities.
- noun convention, custom
- noun etiquette, protocol
- One can never tell what delays or formalities there may be.'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- I want to know if there are any formalities to be gone through.'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- The Regent was the last man in the world to care for these formalities.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- "We might waive the formalities in the interests of justice," purred the Lieutenant.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- There were no formalities over measurements of blades or selection of ground.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Not inclined to bother herself with the formalities of marriage?
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- The formalities of the world are so much more to you than to me!
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- What but subtleties of the Scotists: quiddities, formalities, etc.!
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- Lieutenant Carstens said, after the formalities had been gone through with.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- The old lady may be dying, but she will not sacrifice the formalities.
- Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
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