Equal and Formal

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Equal adjective - Marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias.

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Formal and equal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formal" instead an adjective "Equal".

Nearby Words: equalize, equalise, equable, equate, equity

Formal adjective - Following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules.

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Equal and formal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Equal" instead an adjective "Formal".

Let's Fight Like Gentlemen: One skirmish in Harlequin is between equal numbers of English and French horsemen, arranged with a formal challenge.

Source: Literature / The Grail Quest
Although the United States doesn't use this in everyday business, formal Presidential proclamations will give years in both the Gregorian calendar year and the year of America's independence (which is, rather obviously, equal to the Gregorian year - 1776).

Source: Hit So Hard the Calendar Felt It
In Ted Chiang's story, Division by Zero, a mathematician tries to commit suicide after she proves that arithmetic is inconsistent and that through formal mathematics, one can make any two numbers equal each other.

Source: Break the Scientist

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