Formal and Usual

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

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

Usual adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.

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Formal and usual are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formal" instead an adjective "Usual".

Nearby Words: usually, usualness

Kaamelott: The series uses a particular quirk of the French language: Everyone uses first names, but using the more formal second-person form of 'you' (and rank if they feel slightly less insulting than usual, like "Sir Lancelot").

Source: First Name Basis / Live-Action TV
The Reconstruction: Sirush, combined with a Nice Hat and extremely formal speech as part of the usual assassin attire.

Source: Badass in a Nice Suit
The only changes to his usual outfit are jeans with rolled-up cuffs instead of a more formal pair of pants, a leather football jacket over his usual sweater, dress shirt and tie, and insistence that his name is "Scooter".

Source: Series / Todd and the Book of Pure Evil

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