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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORM'ALLY, adv.
1. According to established form, rule, order, rite or ceremony. A treaty was concluded and formally ratified by both parties.
2. Ceremoniously; stiffly; precisely; as, to be stiff and formally reserved.
3. In open appearance; in a visible and apparent state.
You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church, and the rest of the people.
4. Essentially; characteristically.
That which formally makes this [charity] a christian grace, is the spring from which it flows.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: with official authorization; "the club will be formally recognized" [syn: formally, officially]
2: in a formal manner; "he was dressed rather formally" [ant: informally]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see formal I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Formally Form"al*ly, adv. In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely. That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. --Smalridge. You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. --Hooker.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see formal