Adjective modifier

• in-house: Set up in-house training Informal in-house training Learning for most employees comes from informal on-the-job training.

Modifies a noun

• discussion: There will be an informal discussion at 4.30pm, which will be followed by the AGM at 5.00pm.

• inquiry: The LEA is allowed to make informal enquiries to satisfy themselves.

• atmosphere: The courses are run in a friendly informal atmosphere by experienced radio amateurs.

• recreation: To improve public access to the countryside for informal outdoor recreation.

• gathering: Reflect a more informal family gathering in your floral decorations.

• chat: There will also be an opportunity for an informal chat with Alan over refreshments!

Used with adjective complement

• become: Toward the end of the evening activities became more informal with games of darts, billiards or table tennis.

• do: Read more... Insight Reports Does informal learning matter?

• keep: Its kept very informal, and light refreshments are provided free of charge.

• create: William Robinson banished bedding systems, and turned to planting with native species and hardy exotics, creating informal, wild and woodland gardens.

Noun used with modifier

• training: Set up in-house training Informal in-house training Learning for most employees comes from informal on-the-job training.

Modifying Another Word

• relatively: Full course notes and reading lists are provided in addition to lectures, which are relatively informal with class participation.

• fairly: Your dentist will look in your child's mouth in a fairly informal way.

• deliberately: The groups do not have a membership and are deliberately informal, driven by those who attend, rather than the project workers.

• largely: It is a largely informal account and certainly not the account of an expert in the area.

• very: Very informal - sometimes riotous - pub quiz every Thursday night from about nine.

• essentially: An essentially informal garden against a background of deciduous woodland with an apron of lawn.

Preposition: in

• nature: The hearing, which is informal in nature, will normally be held at the office of the Employment Tribunals Service nearest to you.

• character: The lectures are intended to be fairly informal in character so that discussion and debate may be accommodated within the lecture framework.