informal

adjective

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in·for·mal | \ (ˌ)in-ˈfȯr-məl

Definition of informal

1 : marked by the absence of formality or ceremony an informal meeting

2 : characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary, casual, or familiar use informal clothes

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Other Words from informal

informality \ (ˌ)in-(ˌ)fȯr-ˈma-lə-tē

, -fər- \ noun

informally \ (ˌ)in-ˈfȯr-mə-lē

\ adverb

Examples of informal in a Sentence

We had an informal meeting over lunch. He has an informal manner that puts people at ease. He spoke to them in informal Spanish. The term is common in informal contexts. He took an informal poll among his coworkers.

Recent Examples on the Web The museum’s atmosphere and design philosophy reflect how many Mancunians, including Jews, cherish the city’s informal, chummy and accessible feel compared to the big metropolis of London. — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 7 July 2021 Kwéyòl, as it's known in Dominica, is one of many Creole variants spoken on more than a dozen Caribbean islands — complex cultural creations that were long considered informal, inferior and broken languages spoken by uneducated people. — DÁnica Coto, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021 Karl Wirsum, a Chicago artist who was a founder of the informal and humorously subversive artist group Hairy Who, and whose range of influences included everything from comic books to medieval painting, is dead at 81. — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2021 These types of scorecards can be informal and accessible for the entire workforce. — Marta Wilson, Forbes, 18 June 2021 The other described it as not only informal, but also chiefly British. — Bernadette Kinlaw, Arkansas Online, 14 June 2021 If any of this is to have lasting significance, informal and ad hoc groupings will not be enough. — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 9 June 2021 An expanding industry built on informal and impermanent housing is a reflection of the precariousness that increasingly defines daily life for millions of Americans. — New York Times, 20 May 2021 Friends of Yiddish will take place on Sunday, May 2 and June 13, at 11 a.m. Friends of Yiddish is an informal, mostly English, bilingual drop-in social group which meets to hear a guest speaker or discussion and maybe absorb a Yiddish word or two. — courant.com, 9 Apr. 2021

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