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Freedom from constraint or embarrassment
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informality
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Word definitions for informality in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Informality \In`for*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Informalities . The state of being informal; lack of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The condition of being informal.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, from informal + -ity .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously [ant: formality ] freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" [syn: ease ]
Usage examples of informality.
He also noticed that during the few minutes they were together, Aguinaldo had oddly enough returned to first-name informality.
The sarwen rose to the occasion, abandoning their usual Axumite informality.
Stemp slipped chameleonlike into reserved good humor and informality as he stepped around the several square meters of desktop to press flesh with the man in black.
Informality was the rule, and Y'ang-Yeovil was surprised and suspicious when an assistant knocked on his door and entered with elaborate formality.
For though you may not understand how this story ends, whether love is disproved by death, whether truth is revelatory or merely deductive, whether life itself is an elastic energy, a pure informality with the infinite potential of a charm, or a sad interlude enclosed by black brackets, one way or the other, I will soon know for certain.
I apologize also for any inconsistencies in the tenses (hard to avoid, when writing about the recently dead) and for the informalities in the dialogue presentation.
The twelve of them would fit nicely into one flier, and Dern planned to give the whole thing a pleasant informality by flying up to the new memorial park for a picnic.
His nickname had been Plooky, but that might have been carrying informality a little too far.
Disdainful of the informality of their shadowbrethren, they were ranged in elegant ranks according to their guilds: the violet and gold farsensors, the blue coercers, the ruby and silver combatant redactors, creators armored in beryl tints, and glowing rose-gold psychokinetics.
Perhaps informality is a selling point, he tells himself, looking hopefully at his guests.
Their strength of spirit in the face of ruins of the gaming tables, the fritter stands, the shooting galleries, and the alley where they interpreted dreams and predicted the future made Aureliano Segundo ask them with his usual informality what mysterious re.
Lord Whatsis says, clearly not liking the informality, "is a new resident to our area.