formally

Formally is defined as done in a socially-accepted and orderly way.

(adverb)

An example of formally is a man asking his girlfriend's father for permission to ask his daughter to marry him.

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See formally in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adverb

  1. in a formal manner
  2. with regard to form

Origin: ME formali, formeliche

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