The Clue
Evening dress (6 letter answer)
The Answer
FORMAL
Tags
Notes
The answer FORMAL is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.
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Definition
FORMAL as a noun:
1. (ball, formal) = a lavish dance requiring formal attire
2. (dinner dress, dinner gown, formal, evening gown) = a gown for evening wear
FORMAL as an adjective:
1. being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"
2. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
3. (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"
4. (conventional, formal, schematic) = represented in simplified or symbolic form
5. logically deductive; "formal proof"
6. (courtly, formal, stately) = refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"