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formally
[ fawr-muh-lee ]
adverb
- in a formal manner:
The store was formally opened on Tuesday.
- as regards form; in form:
It may be formally correct, but it is substantively wrong.
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Example Sentences
It will end with a final commendation - a concluding prayer where the pontiff will be formally entrusted to God.
The service will end with prayers for Pope Francis and a final commendation - a concluding prayer where the Pope will be formally entrusted to God.
After Mexican troops attacked U.S. soldiers in Texas on April 25, 1846, the U.S. formally declared war.
In most states, currently, only physicians and clinical psychologists can formally diagnose autism.
But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Scott Bessent also cautioned that talks between the U.S. and China had yet to formally start.
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