Word Study
formally
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial formally has 2 senses
- formally(r = adv.all) officially - with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized"
- formally(r = adv.all) Array - in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally" Antonym: informally
CIDE DICTIONARY
formally, adv.
In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely. [1913 Webster]
"That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows."
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"You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people."
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