| noun | a lavish dance requiring formal attire |
| noun | a gown for evening wear |
| adjective | being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) “pay one's formal respects” |
| adjective | characteristic of or befitting a person in authority “formal duties” |
| adjective | (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms “the paper was written in formal English” |
| adjective | represented in simplified or symbolic form |
| adjective | logically deductive “formal proof” |
| adjective | refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court “a courtly gentleman” |
| formalness | noun | a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies |
| formality | noun | compliance with formal rules |
| schematic | noun | diagram of an electrical or mechanical system |
| scheme | noun | a schematic or preliminary plan |
| schema | noun | an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world |
| court | noun | the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince |
| courtliness | noun | elegance suggestive of a royal court |
| stateliness | noun | an elaborate manner of doing something |