How To Use Formally In A Sentence

When the Mexican chair of the meeting declared the talks formally closed there were whoops of delight from the African delegates.
Named Tecumseh after the Shawnee leader, he was rechristened William in a Catholic ceremony at age 9, after he was informally adopted by a prominent Ohio politician when his father died.
The cola report isn't formally tabled, but no heads will roll for this menace to public health.
BALTIMORE - Michael Phelps was formally welcomed home Saturday with a two-pronged celebration that began with a parade and ended with a fireworks show at historic Fort McHenry.
Censorial ministry website issues announcement, announce the country prevents corrupt bureau website to debut formally.

At the end of 2014 the allies formally handed over security to a new Afghan president. Times, Sunday Times
Taiwan formally calls itself the Republic of China.
But as he formally became absolute monarch of the tiny South Pacific nation he offered to give up most of his powers. Times, Sunday Times
Intel will, on the same date, formally introduce its flip chip 1GHz processors in two flavours.
It is understood that the administrator is preparing an information memorandum to send to interested bidders and will formally auction the business within weeks. Times, Sunday Times
The Sultan looked at Nur al-Din and liked him, so he stablished him in office as the Wazir had requested and formally appointed him, presenting him with a splendid dress of honour and a she-mule from his private stud; and assigning to him solde, stipends and supplies. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
To get rid of him, the emperor commissioned him (informally) to expel Odovacar from Italy. D. The Ostrogoths in Italy
She was formally discharged by the court following the jury's unanimous verdict.
Pius IX had already refused to recognize the legitimacy of the Kingdom of Italy; and Catholics had been formally enjoined to abstain from voting in national elections.
Our approach to training was vindicated by the results achieved when the dogs were formally evaluated.
This corrupt and bureaucratized organization, which by its own account formally represents barely 12 percent of Venezuelan workers, is among the closest allies of the US AFL-CIO.
`scotch' is used only informally
Informally, we call someone who is not very bright "gourde". Gourde - French Word-A-Day
Private data held by the government is often the result of legally required disclosures or of participation in formally optional licensing or benefit schemes where the government is as a practical matter the only game in town. Discourse.net: Government Data Breaches
You may be suffering from low-grade depression, formally known as dysthymia, which is milder and tougher to identify than acute depression.
XenoPort said the companies are discussing the next steps in development of the drug, which is formally called gabapentin enacarbil. R&D Mag - News
But the reprieve for grammar schools is probably too late for Kingston Grammar to revert to its former direct-grant status as it is now formally established as an independent institution.
The sparsely populated island of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world after Greenland, is divided between two countries: the independent nation of Papua New Guinea in the east, and the Indonesian Papua -- formally known as Irian Jaya -- in the west. Danna Harman: Searching for Cannibals
Canada is a federal system whose powers are formally and sometimes contentiously divided between the national and provincial governments.
The claimant, who had been involved in bitter and protracted partnership disputes relating to the firm of solicitors of which he had formally been a partner, sued the defendant barrister for alleged negligence.
The very next year the Council formally introduced the evil which they called ecclesiastical reformation. Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works
The self-confessed music lover, who has been studying it formally since he was a teenager, cannot sing enough about love.
The coalminer's son was formally appointed yesterday after a temporary sixmonth spell in charge. The Sun
On January 1,1993 Czechoslovakia formally split into two independent states.
Energy, however, unless properly channeled, formally controlled and orchestrated, can end up as pandemonium - a lot of senseless rushing around and a merciless, cacophonous din.
They were formally greeted by Dr. Henry A. Murray, director of the Harvard Psychological Clinic, and Dr. Richard S. Lyman, a professor of neuropsychiatry at Duke University. A Covert Affair
All disciplinary procedures should include inviting the employee formally to a disciplinary hearing. Times, Sunday Times
Economists—unlike sociologists, anthropologists, statisticians or political scientists—do not formally subscribe to a professional ethical code.
Note 13: Patriliny requires that children born to a couple who marry formally (i.e. with full bridewealth paid, or in an official civil or church ceremony) take the xivongo of their father. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
The ability to sell a franchise is in the licence conditions and the transport secretary will formally sign off on the deal within the month. Times, Sunday Times
Locally, no groups have formally opposed the measure.
Anglo-Japanese" (or, informally, "Japlish") is an intriguing case because of the economic prominence of Japan, the relative one-sidedness at present of the flow of words, and the restrictedness of Japanese, VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3
Council workers asked her if she wanted to meet her father when he formally requested to make contact. The Sun
The Iggys -- more formally know as the Ig Nobel prizes -- are an annual parody of the Nobel prizes. RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com
I think that the reason he took the trouble to dress formally is because he had a great regard for etiquette.
Turkish court formally charges 7 military officers in alleged coup plot. rm alhurra tv - bashar fehmi - Turkish court formally charges 7 military officers in alleged coup plot WN.com - Photown News
Then in 1970 he formally abolished the Guards and the papal court. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
It is commonly called a cube but is formally known as a hexahedron.
The Defense Department announced on Friday that the President has formally nominated three colonels for promotion to Brigadier General.
A well-placed source stated that in the weeks before the presidential election Visa formally reconfirmed its commitment to Fifa, which runs until after the 2014 World Cup. Sepp Blatter remains in credit with Visa
Kennedy formally recognized a new provisional government on the seventh, a mere two weeks before he himself was murdered.
Most neoclassical works based on the discoveries at Herculaneum and Pompeii were imitations of an art thought to be formally and morally superior to that of the eighteenth century.
The committee 's findings are not formally binding. Times, Sunday Times
In a solemn ceremony pupils formally thank their teachers for their guidance, knowledge and understanding. Times, Sunday Times
Behr-Sigel asks whether the ancient order of the deaconess could be restored since it has never been formally abolished in Orthodoxy.
An destination his request will be formally processed. Times, Sunday Times
McCain formally stepped down from his own institute in 2005, but he remains deeply linked to the Reform Institute to this day. Aig funds mccain
But as he formally became absolute monarch of the tiny South Pacific nation he offered to give up most of his powers. Times, Sunday Times
President Obama is expected to formally unveil the proposal today.
Of course all of that ridiculousness is long-gone today, although it still exists informally in the sense that every town has a White area, a Black area, and a Colored area. Archive 2008-10-01
Religious experts vary from formally installed priests and teachers representing the institutionalized religions to self-ordained shamans, healers, and sorcerers.
Li stands, straightens his tie, formally shakes my hand, and moves purposefully down the hallway.
Later in the month, it will also launch a citizens' charter and formally announce its already operational online complaint management system.
The legislation was formally captioned “a bill to provide revenue by the taxation of certain nonintoxicating liquors,” but you couldn’t have the revenue without the redefinition. LAST CALL
The monastery was formally inaugurated by His Holiness on March 31, 1985.
But I have encountered more than one person, both in my past as a student and in my recent career as a blogger, who still manages to believe that, while they are formally Protestant, in the sense of belonging to a Protestant church, they are materially more catholic than either the Catholic or the Orthodox churches. Protestants who think they're Catholic
On 13 March 1990 Winchester was formally appointed as appointed representative of Norwich Union by a letter of that date.
Exxon subsequently withdrew guilty pleas to four misdemeanour charges relating to the spill, thereby formally dissolving the out of court settlement.
The censorian judgments, although arbitrary and as a rule spontaneous, were sometimes elicited by prosecution: and an accuser was found to bring the conduct of Gracchus formally before the notice of the magistrates. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
What it means: Both women and men are subject to what's formally known as androgenetic and androgenic alopecia. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Hardly had a century and a half elapsed before the sturdy colonists, who did not claim freedom but determined to keep it, formally revolted and fought their way to absolute independence -- not, by the by, a feat whereof to be overproud when a whole country rose unanimously against a handful of troops. Arabian nights. English
Lacklustre performance failed to convince many to stay once the moratorium expired, however, prompting RAB to review its business and move to delist – a move formally announced last Friday.
SAN FRANCISCO - California is poised to formally adopt the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system, designed to provide a financial incentive for polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
We announced a decision formally recognizing the new government.
Night and Fog is formally constructed as a visual synecdoche, evoking a major chapter of history from a few traces remaining.
It is expected to be formally appointed by the end of the month. Times, Sunday Times
Ministers, who will formally announce the plan tomorrow, insist the quintuple jab is safe, and a positive development for parents because it replaces the whooping cough vaccine, which contained mercury.
Informally, women met to socialize and do needlework and sewing.
I imagine the statement you read about Supreme Court dicta being binding was tongue-in-cheek, talking more about how courts tend to behave with respect to certain dicta, rather than how they formally are required to behave. The Volokh Conspiracy » Diane Wood on the Second Amendment
It is understood that the flyover is set to be formally opened later this week, possibly by a Government Minister.
We announced a decision formally recognizing the new government.
In Eastern Europe, most of the new states of 1920 had fallen under Moscow-controlled communist regimes at least formally committed to the concept of proletarian internationalism.
The area has now been formally designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
While laws of nature can, and do, formally account for such cases, there is no explanation of E's nonoccurrence in terms of the natural forces that it is usually assumed to be the concern of laws of nature to describe. Miracles
When I reported to the adjutant, I was formally discharged from the Army of the U.S. and told to report to the 78th Division headquarters.
He was formally inaugurated on June 23 in Beijing, replacing the former chief executive Tung-Chee Hwa, who resigned in March.
We announced a decision formally recognizing the new government.
Even before the incident, the emperor had spoken informally with associates of Cavour about an eventual alliance with Piedmont against Austria.
The acronym abbreviated two Russian words, Avtomat Kalashnikova, the automatic by Kalashnikov, a nod to Senior Sergeant Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, a twenty-nine-year-old former tank commander to whom the army and the Communist Party formally attributed the weapon’s design. The Gun
Last weekend officials formally registered a corruption case against him.
A family of Arambourgiania philadelphiae - a large azhdarchid pterosaur, formally called "Titanopteryx," found in Jordan from the Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian. Life's Time Capsule: Pterosaur Gallery
Aglen refused to allow his officers to collect these duties until they had been formally approved.
People have been playing the instrument, formally known as the violoncello, since the mid-16th century. Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
Here is a link to the National Archives site about the Emancipation Proclamation, formally announced by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863. Kenneth C. Davis: Celebrating Emancipation on Juneteenth (VIDEO)
The image of battle as a formally arranged duel is an extreme idealization.
In 1959 she formally retired from Wheaton College and the following year the College honoured her with the award of an honorary Doctorate of Science.
And today, police confirmed the Bishop had been formally cautioned for an act of gross indecency.
Among the Five Nations or League of the Iroquois, the sachem was a formally recognized social role, which was an elected position and, more significantly, limited to men.
It actually stimulates the nerve cell bundles to release a particular group of neurotransmitters titled catecholamines, these include intropin, epinephrin (formally titled adrenalin), and nor adrenaline (nor adrenalin). Horses Mouth April 17, 2007 10:06 AM
The corporate state they are working to create is formally based on democratic rhetoric, constitutionalism, and free elections, but it is profoundly anti-democratic in practice.
Formally, it was parliamentary and the approval of the Supreme Soviet was needed for all significant laws and appointments.
It is not clear if Bremer formally enacted her recommendations or not.
Frequently on smaller contracts, builders do not formally obtain consent and assume that it would be granted.
The operator of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia said it formally suspended the captain who left the sinking vessel with passengers on board. What's News—
There are some economic advantages to small, intimate places that function informally.
However he requires his retinue and guests always to dress formally for dinner.
An Air Transport Association spokesman said airlines are reviewing the plan and will later comment formally.
Residents of Sheffield57, perhaps the most ill-starred condo conversion in recent history, are "euphoric" that developer Kent Swig and his junior partners on Thursday formally lost control of the project they began four years ago. Sheffield Residents Plan to Party as Fortress Takes Over the Sheffield from Swig
Formally, palilalia is a compulsive involuntary repetition of a semantically acceptable phrase or word.
The Act established procedures for resolving minor complaints informally, if complainants agree to this.
Local officials in central-eastern Maniema Province said sleeping sickness, a fatal disease transmitted by the tsetse fly and formally known as trypanosomiasis, was on the rise with at least 120 new cases reported in 2001. ANC Daily News Briefing
Because of a tradition of teaching English formally through grammar, translation, and literature, spoken usage is often stilted and bookish.
Hampton's new 36,000-square-foot facility was formally dedicated on Sept.23.
It is not clear whether judgment was formally entered in accordance with the terms of settlement.
She received the present with cool gratitude, and thanked him formally. Cranford
It's an aural snapshot of the complex situation facing this fledgling nation two years after it was formally declared the Independent Republic of East Timor.
He shook it formally, his calloused palms rough against her delicate skin but his grip surprisingly gentle.
This block is more frontally disposed, formally clear, and attuned to the wide space in front of the complex than anything already there.
He says he did not formally indicate to the Tribunal that he felt his treatment by them was unfair and discriminatory.
Thirty-five years after fighting in Vietnam, a vet has been formally recognised for his service by the Army.
The same sources emphasise that the American has not yet formally tabled any bid for any further shares, never mind the Irish pair's vast holding.
He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to formally recognize the colonist's cause and enter the war as their ally.
The guide outlines what harassment is and what can be done to combat the problem both formally and informally.
The term alkyl refers to the hydrocarbon functional group derived formally by the loss of a hydrogen atom from the alkane.
He said it was the rights of the kingmakers to enthrone whosoever as per their tradition, and only present him formally to the administration as a collaborator in that society.
Early in 1990, our institute formally opened to foreign volunteers.
All pregnant women with traumatic injury should be assessed formally in a medical setting.
Sharjah also boasts the first formally organised school. Times, Sunday Times
The area has now been formally designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
ROME—The operator of the Costa Concordia formally suspended the shipwrecked vessel's captain Thursday, as investigators scrutinized his final maneuvers with his stricken ship and reports emerged that he enjoyed a pre-wreck meal and wine with a 25-year-old woman. Scrutiny on Captain's Final Actions
He informally presented me with the Legion of Merit.
Not that I mean to say, that I always began to write with a distinct purpose formally conceived; but I believe that my habits of meditation have so formed my feelings, as that my descriptions of such objects as strongly excite those feelings, will be found to carry along with them a _purpose_. Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1
If the matter cannot be resolved informally you have the right to bring a formal internal complaint. The Sun
Jones was formally honored by the King, presented with a gold-hilted sword, engraved, Jones happily recorded, “with these extremely flattering words: Vindicati Maris Ludovicus XVI remunerator Strenua Vindici reward from Louis XVI to the valiant avenger of the rights of the sea.” John Paul Jones
A proforma series of letters between lawmakers and the White House exchanged hands late Monday, culminating in Office of Management and Budget Director Peter R. Orszag formally expressing the Obama administration's support for the repeal. Obama's letters supporting 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal
A new government that has promised to work toward reunification of the divided island formally came to power yesterday.
However, as the Trunk Road Agency and Highways Directorate were consultees of the proposal, the authority decided to await their responses before formally opposing the roundabout's construction.
Who cares about the unchangeable petty prejudices of the deeply stupid as long as they are prevented formally and rigorously from acting upon them?
The Kingdom of Italy formally came into being on 17 March 1861.
It is often informally referred to by the British middle class as a BBC accent or a public school accent and by the working class as talking proper or talking posh.
It was not, however, till 1568, that the final reduction of Yemen was accomplished, when Aden and other towns, which had fallen into the hands of an Arab chief named Moutaher, were recaptured by a powerful army sent from Egypt; the whole province was formally divided into sandjaks or districts, and the seat of the beglerbeg, or supreme pasha, fixed at Sana. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
Following the verdicts, they were all formally discharged by the court.
Then we study the technique formally, and then apply it to images of fractal art.
This pattern of health instruction usually uses teachers not formally trained in health education to present the health curriculum. An Introduction to Community Health
He had been appointed by Henry in 1163, but was never formally consecrated before being removed in 1172.
Several species originally assigned to Zanthopsis have been formally reassigned to other genera herein or by other authors.
He'd been taken to hospital where he'd been formally charged while the casualty staff sewed up his cuts. DEAD BEAT
The fact that a new genus of partridge was formally described just three years ago tells how little is known about a large percentage of the species in that group.
Misrá‘ah or hemistich is half the “Bayt” which, for want of a better word, I have rendered couplet: this, however, though formally separated in Mss., is looked upon as one line, one verse; hence a word can be divided, the former part pertaining to the first and the latter to the second moiety of the distich. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
ALLEN WASTLER, MANAGING EDITOR, CNNMONEY. COM: And the number this week is 83, 83 is the number of companies that are formally under investigation by the government for doing a little sanangains called backdating the options. CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2006
Sure, each of these objects has an official numerical designation in a formally compiled catalog.
Head scab, formally known as fusarium head blight, develops when conditions are wet during a key stage of crop development called flowering, which occurs at different times in the spring depending on location. Wet Weather Threatens U.S. Winter Wheat Crop
A new brooder room for incubating eggs and hand-rearing baby birds is to be formally opened at the Johannesburg Zoo during the Sasol Bird Fair on 3 and 4 September.
But Save Montreal shaped the city we know, so much so that last week city hall - its former foe - formally fêted its main dude Michael Fish.
If occupation effectively ends what international humanitarian laws say is that prisoners of law and civilian internees who are not formally charged should be released.
Formally, the Posthorn episode takes the place of the trio in the would-be scherzo of the third movement.
When Muslim education in Britain makes news, it mostly concerns the handful of children who attend schools that are formally Islamic, although the secular compromise at Palfrey Junior is far commoner.
The great interocean waterway had been formally opened on August 16, 1914. Castles of Steel
Vice chair Suzanne M. Whitmer, RN, CNOR, MEd, formally thanked the 2001 authors who wrote articles for the newsletter.
One neutral viewpoint is to consider formally the relative advantages and limitations of men and machines.
He shook it formally, his calloused palms rough against her delicate skin but his grip surprisingly gentle.
If the matter cannot be resolved informally you have the right to bring a formal internal complaint. The Sun
Ntshanyase is one of more than 100 women who informally mine kaoline at Ndwedwe, which lies in rolling green hills about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the eastern port of Durban. ANC Daily News Briefing
Granted, the "36 arguments" construct is used as a structural element, incorporated literally in the form of a series of propositions and their refutations as the novel's concluding section and metaphorically by providing the novel's chapter titles, but otherwise this novel presents few surprises either formally or thematically, proceeding as a garden-variety academic satire complete with bursting egos, pretentious-sounding projects, and fierce political in-fighting. The New Equivocation
There was no clear idea in the new Standing Committee of the Politburo (not yet formally elected) as to what should be done next.
Instead, the court's decision, though formally upholding the review requests of the United States and NATO, provides a roadmap for defendants to pursue graymail strategies in the future.
It is not clear, he said, whether the review will formally abandon the policy or simply ignore it.
It is, rather, simply a part of the personal developmental experience, formally mutable and changing frequently.
The actual discussion at meetings is not recorded formally, or contained in the minutes.
He was formally attired in brown breeches and a white silk shirt accompanied by a deep blue waistcoat.
Contacts between the area staff and the students were not limited to formal classroom work and occasional formally ordained informal contact.
The coalminer's son was formally appointed yesterday after a temporary sixmonth spell in charge. The Sun
However, on December 24 he was formally charged with illegally acquiring and sharing information.
It formally began manufacturing at its facility on the outskirts of Carlow town six weeks ago.
In vain the Communists tried to burnish their image, formally abandoning the doctrine of the dictatorship of the proletariat at their twenty-second party congress in February 1976.
Although nothing has been formally announced, Collins is mulling the idea over.
He was formally attired in brown breeches and a white silk shirt accompanied by a deep blue waistcoat.
The Senate formally debated the measure this week, but, yesterday, failed to muster sufficient votes to bring it to the floor for a vote.
Although Banalata is not formally defined as a widow because she never married, she is still subject to social conventions that make her a second-class citizen.
Sophocles' play was for Aristotle an exemplary tragedy, both formally, in terms of unity of action, and in its tragic story.
All the movements spring from their own generative musical cell, and elaborate that germ into a formally complete and rounded whole.
He will formally receive the award from the NSW Governor, Professor Marie Bashir at an investiture at Government House on December 13.
The European Council was formally recognized as the most important intergovernmental body of the European Community.
From being vulnerable and on the verge of formerly great, he was formally installed as better than best. Times, Sunday Times
He is be formally known as the Mayor of the County of Kildare and will be addressed as Mayor when he chairs meetings of Kildare County Council and at all official functions.
The last two categories are the familiar binomial nomenclature used to formally name a species, such as Salvelinus fontinalis. Trout and Salmon of North America
Each issue raised by a general reviewer was formally logged and tracked to resolution.
His comments came days after the Air Force and Lockheed Martin acknowledged use of a new radar-evading drone over Afghanistan, which is formally called the RQ-170 but has been dubbed the "Beast of Kandahar. Reuters: Top News
Formally, it was parliamentary and the approval of the Supreme Soviet was needed for all significant laws and appointments.
The refurbished Community Centre was formally opened on Sunday afternoon.
Meanwhile, Scouts in York have been formally invested into the new Explorer Scout section, which is designed to attract more teenagers to join.
It is not clear, he said, whether the review will formally abandon the policy or simply ignore it.
The Recorder of Newcastle, Judge David Hodson, formally found him not guilty and lifted the reporting restrictions.
Some terms are formally provable (or assertable) and are classified as true. Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic
Vincent Yu/Associated Press Leung Chun-ying, convenor of Hong Kong's Executive Council, waved to people in front of a Hong Kong emblem on Monday after formally stepping down from his position to prepare for his candidacy in the chief executive election in Hong Kong. Asia in Pictures
He retired from the politburo at the Communist Party's sixth convention in 1986, when the country's ‘doi moi’ economic reforms were formally endorsed.
None were formally presented to Mr Obama. Times, Sunday Times
We look forward to seeing you," the doctor answered formally. LET NOT THE DEEP
Currently in 2009, ten states formally carry the term multiracial on school and other forms, and every day individual schools and districts add the correct, updated terminology to their forms. California Progress Report
His verse is both metrically and formally experimental, ranging from satire to love lyric, from sonnet to verse epistle, from elegy to hymn.
In Travancore, which is formally dedicated to him as his special domain, he is adored under the name of Padmanabha. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2
The angler, who lived in the town, has not yet been formally identified. The Sun
Hennig's idea that groups of organisms, or taxa, should be recognized and formally named only in cases where they are evolutionarily real entities, that is "monophyletic", at first was controversial. A New Book
There was a packed public gallery as the charges were formally read out by the court clerk.
It is expected to be formally appointed by the end of the month. Times, Sunday Times

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