Hyphenation of formal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word formal? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

for-mal

Definitions of formal:

1.
A lavish dance requiring formal attire
2.
A gown for evening wear
3.
Being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Pay one's formal respects Formal dress A formal ball The requirement was only formal and often ignored A formal education
4.
Characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
Formal duties An official banquet
5.
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
The paper was written in formal English
6.
Represented in simplified or symbolic form
7.
Logically deductive
Formal proof
8.
Refined or imposing in manner or appearance
Befitting a royal court A courtly gentleman

Synonyms of formal:

adj formal, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, dress, full-dress, form-only, full-dress, dress, nominal, titular, positive, prescribed, semiformal, semi-formal, black-tie, starchy, stiff, buckram, white-tie, pro forma, perfunctory, conventional
adj official
adj formal, literary, rhetorical
adj conventional, schematic, nonrepresentational
adj logical
adj courtly, elegant, stately, dignified

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