About The Word Informal
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Informal
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What's The Definition Of Informal?
[adj] not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"
[adj] used of spoken and written language [adj] having or fostering a warm or friendly atmosphere; especially through smallness and informality; "had a cozy chat"; "a relaxed informal manner"; "an intimate cocktail lounge"; "the small room was cozy and intimate" [adj] not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers" Synonyms | Synonyms for Informal: casual | colloquial | common | conversational | cozy | epistolary | epistolatory | everyday | folksy | free-and-easy | friendly | intimate | loose | nonliterary | slangy | subliterary | unceremonial | unceremonious | unliterary | unofficial | vernacular | vulgar Related Terms | Find terms related to Informal: affable | beat | beat-up | bedraggled | blowzy | Bohemian | breakaway | careless | casual | chintzy | colloquial | common | conversational | cordial | degage | dilapidated | drabbletailed | draggled | draggletailed | easy | easygoing | en deshabille | everyday | familiar | far out | folksy | free | free and easy | fringy | frowzy | frumpish | frumpy | garden-variety | gracious | grubby | haymish | heretical | heterodox | hippie | homely | homey | in dishabille | in rags | irregular | kinky | loose | lumpen | maverick | messy | mussy | natural | negligent | nonstandard | not cricket | not done | not kosher | offbeat | offhand | offhanded | ordinary | original | plain | poky | private | ragged | raggedy | relaxed | ruinous | scraggly | seedy | shabby | shoddy | simple | slack | slatternly | slipshod | sloppy | slovenly | sluttish | sociable | sordid | special | spoken | spontaneous | sporty | squalid | substandard | tacky | tattered | unaffected | unassuming | unauthorized | unceremonious | unconstrained | unconventional | uneducated | unfashionable | unkempt | unliterary | unneat | unofficial | unorthodox | unpretentious | unsightly | unstudied | untidy | vernacular | way out See Also | informal | unrhetorical Informal In Webster's Dictionary \In*form"al\, a. [Pref. in- not + formal.]
1. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not
according to official, conventional, prescribed, or
customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without
ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit.
2. Deranged in mind; out of one's senses. [Obs.]
These poor informal women. --Shak.
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