informally

1. 1.

   without formality

   “he visited us informally”

   Antonymsformally
2. 2.

   with the use of colloquial expressions

   “this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn”

   Synonymscolloquiallyconversationally

Questions about informally

What does informally mean?

informally means "without formality". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in informally?

informally has 4 syllables: in-for-mal-ly. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈfɔɹməli/.

What is another word for informally?

Close synonyms include colloquially, conversationally. 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.

What is the opposite of informally?

The recorded antonyms are formally.

Is informally a common word?

informally is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with informally?

1 word rhymes with informally. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.