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Princeton's WordNet

  1. formally, officiallyadverb

    with official authorization

    "the club will be formally recognized"

  2. formallyadverb

    in a formal manner

    "he was dressed rather formally"

Wiktionary

  1. formallyadverb

    In a formal manner.

    He dressed quite formally - too formally for the occasion.

  2. formallyadverb

    In accordance with official procedure.

    He formally filed a complaint, which involved much paperwork.

  3. formallyadverb

    In accordance with rigorous rules.

    He proved it formally but gave his students no intuitive feel for the matter.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Formallyadverb

    Etymology: from formal.

    Formally, according to our law,
    Depose him. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

    To be stiff and formally reserved, as if the company did not deserve our familiarity, is a downright challenge of homage. Jeremy Collier, on Pride.

    You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorised guides of the church, and the rest of the people. Richard Hooker.

    This power and dominion is not adequately and formally the image of God, but only a part of it. Robert South, Sermons.

    The Heathens and the Christians may agree in material acts of charity; but that which formally makes this a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. George Smalridge, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. formally

    Formally, as an adverb, generally refers to something that is done in accordance with rules, conventions, or established procedure; in a serious, deliberate or recognized manner; with formality or ceremoniously. It can also refer to something that is officially or legally recognized or established.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Formallyadverb

    in a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'formally' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4346

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'formally' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2909

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'formally' in Adverbs Frequency: #280

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of formally in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of formally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of formally in a Sentence

  1. Interior Ministry:

    One of the suspected terrorists, A.A., who is of interest to the French security agencies, was registered on the Presevo border crossing on Oct. 7 this year, where he formally sought asylum, checks have confirmed that his details match those of the person who on Oct. 3 was identified in Greece. There was no Interpol warrant issued against this person.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    It is possible that you will see people who are infected get breakthrough infections, we haven't formally proven yet how much diminution there is in the likelihood of transmitting it to someone else -- including children -- and that's one of the reasons why you've got to be careful when you're dealing with something like The Delta variant of Covid-19.

  3. Cliff Bentz:

    It's been obvious for years that at some point marijuana was going to be formally legalized.

  4. Jerome Cohen:

    It's a sad thing to see people put before the television and other media, before they have been even formally arrested, it's a pathetic thing and will defeat any chance the Chinese government has of trying to have a good reputation.

  5. The Canadian government:

    Today, department of Justice Canada officials issued an authority to proceed, formally commencing an extradition process in the case of Ms. Meng Wanzhou.

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