adjective as in strong fondness

Strongest matches

formal, literary

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Example Sentences

Example:The report used formal language throughout to maintain a professional tone.

Definition:Relating to or characteristic of formal written or spoken language; precise and inhibitive, with the deliberate avoidance of anything that savours of the colloquial or familiar.

From formal

Example:Her thesis was written in a literary style, packed with references to classical authors.

Definition:Relating to or dependent on literature, esp. the part of it that is of acknowledged power or distinction or concerned with a discourse of classical literature.

From literary