formalness

1. 1.

   a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies

   “the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention”

   Synonymsformality

   Broadermanner

   Narrowerceremoniousnessstateliness

Other forms of formalness

plural

formalnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about formalness

What does formalness mean?

formalness means "a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies".

How many syllables are in formalness?

formalness has 3 syllables: for-mal-ness. The stress falls on "for".

What is another word for formalness?

Close synonyms include formality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is formalness a common word?

formalness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.