[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional:to pay one's formal respects.", "marked by form or ceremony:a formal occasion.", "designed for wear or use at occasions or events marked by elaborate ceremony or prescribed social observance:The formal attire included tuxedos and full-length gowns.", "requiring a type of dress suitable for such occasions:a formal dance.", "observant of conventional requirements of behavior, procedure, etc., as persons; ceremonious.Synonyms: conformist", "excessively ceremonious:a manner that was formal and austere.Synonyms: punctilious", "being a matter of form only; perfunctory:We expected more than just formal courtesy.", "made or done in accordance with procedures that ensure validity:a formal authorization.Synonyms: official , legal", "of, relating to, or emphasizing the organization or composition of the constituent elements in a work of art perceived separately from its subject matter:a formal approach to painting; the formal structure of a poem.", "being in accordance with prescribed or customary forms:a formal siege.", "Theater.(of a stage setting) generalized and simplified in design, especially of architectural elements, and serving as a permanent set for a play irrespective of changes in location.", "acquired in school; academic:He had little formal training in economics.", "symmetrical or highly organized:a formal garden.", "of, reflecting, or noting a usage of language in which syntax, pronunciation, etc., adhere to traditional standards of correctness and usage is characterized by the absence of casual, contracted, and colloquial forms:The paper was written in formal English.", "Philosophy.pertaining to form.Aristotelianism.not material; essential.", "pertaining to form.", "Aristotelianism.not material; essential.", "Logic. formal logic(def) formal logic(def).", "pertaining to the form, shape, or mode of a thing, especially as distinguished from the substance:formal writing, bereft of all personality.", "being such merely in appearance or name; nominal:a formal head of the government having no actual powers.", "Mathematics.(of a proof ) in strict logical form with a justification for every step.(of a calculation) correct in form; made with strict justification for every step.(of a calculation, derivation, representation, or the like) of or relating to manipulation of symbols without regard to their meaning.", "(of a proof ) in strict logical form with a justification for every step.", "(of a calculation) correct in form; made with strict justification for every step.", "(of a calculation, derivation, representation, or the like) of or relating to manipulation of symbols without regard to their meaning."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a dance, ball, or other social occasion that requires formalwear .", "an evening gown."]}, {"Bold_text": "adverb", "List Items": ["in formal attire:We're supposed to go formal."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["methylal ."]}]