formality

How To Use formality In A Sentence

• As far as possible, the essential meaning or substance of each oath, and the formality and solemnity of the oaths, are retained.
• The thoughtful formality of etiquette is a blessed relief. Times, Sunday Times
• He bowed with stiff formality and had stridden from the room before she could raise a hand to stop him. Slightly Married
• In spite of her informality of manner, she was a stickler for correct attire. Times, Sunday Times
• The matter was only a formality for the members at the UDC as they are fully refunded by the Department of the Environment.
• Your acceptance into the club will be a mere formality.
• The word's warm informality also makes it usable as what might be called an adverbial noun, modified by an adjective.
• The Standard-BearersHere are some of the prophets and pathfinders who helped clear away the last of the old formality, fustiness and frou-frou. Design Literacy: A Primer
• When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway. Erma Bombeck 
• Nobody is more free from the ostentatious correctness of the literary precisian, and nobody preserves so much purity and so much dignity of language with so little formality of demeanor. Voltaire