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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INFORMAL'ITY, n. [from informal.] Want of regular or customary form. The informality of legal proceedings may render them void.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously [ant: formality, formalness]
2: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease with strangers" [syn: ease, informality]
Merriam Webster's
noun see informal
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Informality In`for*mal"i*ty, n.; pl. Informalities. 1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings. 2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed form or does not conform to the established rule.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
see informal
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
n. 1. Irregularity, want of conformity to (the) prescribed rule. 2. Absence of ceremony, unconventionality, unceremoniousness. 3. Simplicity, naturalness, ease, familiarity.
