Clues for the word "FORMAL"
We've had 42 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 48 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on February 11, 2026.
Definition of formal
- n. - See Methylal.
- a. - Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing.
- a. - Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter composing it; having the power of making a thing what it is; constituent; essential; pertaining to or depending on the forms, so called, of the human intellect.
- a. - Done in due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent.
- a. - Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation.
- a. - Having the form or appearance without the substance or essence; external; as, formal duty; formal worship; formal courtesy, etc.
- a. - Dependent in form; conventional.
- a. - Sound; normal.
Referring Clues
- Dance
- Like a prom
- Starchy
- Kind of gown
- Dressy
- Dressy dance
- Not casual
- Kind of dance
- Requiring a tux
- Required by convention
- Ceremonial
- Ceremonious
- Stiff
- White-tie event
- Stiffly ceremonious
- Stately
- Stiff - proper
- Conventional
- Suitable for a ceremonial occasion
- At class, a pupil will be on best behaviour
- Like state dinners
- Official - conventional
- Academic event: time for the glad rags(6, 8)
- A learner joins class that's strict
- Stiff examination involving mark set by female
- Unbending
- Befitting a person in authority
- Proper stuff or malware component?
- Official room to feed horse
- It's stiff for both master and pupil
- Precise
- Like a white-tie affair
- Stiff examination encapsulating misery primarily, fellow gets over it
- According to the book that's reserved
- Serious little creature swallowing soldier at sea
- Like most proms
- Calling for tails, maybe
- Like a tuxedo or ball gown
- Like tailcoats
- Like a black-tie wedding
- Methodical
- Prom, e.g.
Last Seen In
- New York Times - February 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 15, 2025
- New York Times - November 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 12, 2024
- USA Today - November 26, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 20, 2023
- USA Today - July 06, 2023
- New York Times - June 01, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 29, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 16, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - November 05, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - February 15, 2017
- Evening Standard Easy - December 02, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - October 31, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 30, 2016
- Guardian Quick - September 19, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - May 31, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - March 11, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - February 13, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - September 02, 2015
- New York Times - January 27, 2015
- Guardian Quick - December 20, 2014
- Guardian Prize - October 11, 2014
- Washington Post - April 18, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - April 10, 2014
- Guardian Speedy - January 26, 2014
- And in 18 more crossword puzzles...