[
UK
/ɪnfɔːmˈælɪti/
]
[ US /ˌɪnfɝˈmæɫɪti/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnfɝˈmæɫɪti/ ]
NOUN
- a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
-
freedom from constraint or embarrassment
I am never at ease with strangers
How To Use informality In A Sentence
- The watchword here was informality, with the pair linking skits and sketches in an amiable, easy-going manner.
- I'm trying to be a lot more conversational than dictatorial, and this informality leads to these kind of slips.
- The formal references made by this stood in stark contrast to Rhode's relative casualness and the informality of his performance.
- In spite of her informality of manner, she was a stickler for correct attire. Times, Sunday Times
- We should not mistake informality for inefficiency, or naturalness for sloppiness.
- Information based engineering's consultation have informality and formality. Informal consultation have specialist pattern, upper department pattern, third company or organization pattern.
- Thus the degree of formality or informality, in a schematic sense, moves in a continuum (rather than constituting a discrete characteristic of the community).
- That informality is highly stylised, tightly controlled - the architecture especially so. Times, Sunday Times
- The comfortable seats are upholstered with a dark green mohair that enhances the feeling of informality.
- What voters want from their off-duty male politicians is state-of-the-art blokey informality, a look that speaks of the golf clubhouse rather than the chamber.