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informal
[ in-fawr-muhl ]
adjective
- without formality or ceremony; casual:
an informal visit.
- not according to the prescribed, official, or customary way or manner; irregular; unofficial:
informal proceedings.
Synonyms: unconventional
Antonyms: conventional
- suitable to or characteristic of casual and familiar, but educated, speech or writing.
- Grammar. characterizing the second singular pronominal or verbal form, or its use, in certain languages:
the informal[hasp] tu in French.
informal
/ ɪnˈfɔːməl /
adjective
- not of a formal, official, or stiffly conventional nature
an informal luncheon
- appropriate to everyday life or use
informal clothes
- denoting or characterized by idiom, vocabulary, etc, appropriate to everyday conversational language rather than to formal written language
- denoting a second-person pronoun in some languages used when the addressee is regarded as a friend or social inferior
In French the pronoun "tu" is informal, while "vous" is formal
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Usage Note
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Derived Forms
- inˈformally, adverb
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Other Words From
- in·for·mal·ly adverb
- qua·si-in·for·mal adjective
- su·per·in·for·mal adjective
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Example Sentences
And in informal talks, Chinese leaders have compared hackers on both sides to unruly children who can only barely be controlled.
Burt is part of an informal, unpaid foreign policy team who regularly briefs Paul on international issues.
To the Peggy Noonans among us who cringe when Obama talks “down”: This is a deeply informal country.
Israelis have also waged a psy-war on Hamas, albeit more informal and spontaneous.
But trying to impose such order by chasing away informal commerce and culture is myopic.
Dinner occurred in the middle of the day, and about nine in the evening was an informal but copious supper.
The system had then been in existence, in a more or less informal way, for about eight years.
This is hardly a function—parties even in the big political country-houses are more or less informal.
A sort of informal council took place occasionally in the little house.
It was impossible to feel a stranger to the Professor, in these circumstances of frequent and informal meeting.
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