formally
in a formal manner: The store was formally opened on Tuesday.
as regards form; in form: It may be formally correct, but it is substantively wrong.
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How to use formally in a sentence
The five-member board will formally reach a conclusion about the causes of the crash and possibly issue recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration and helicopter companies to avoid similar crashes.
He believes raising children with fear, dressing them formally and ordering their attention with a whistle is how to raise successful young men and women.
Christopher Plummer’s Captain von Trapp is the father I want to be | Bill McQuillen | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe board was not supposed to formally vote on the timeline until its next meeting, scheduled for Thursday night.
Virginia’s largest school systems vow to reopen classrooms for all by March | Hannah Natanson | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostThe FDA agreed in December to allow anyone one who could to extract that bonus dose, and as of early January are formally counting some vials as containing six doses.
There’s a new COVID-19 vaccine in the running—but variants could pose a problem | Sara Chodosh | January 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA fifth Republican, former Carlyle Group executive Glenn Youngkin, has filed paperwork to establish a campaign and indicated he will formally announce his bid soon.
Businessman Pete Snyder joins race for Virginia governor | Laura Vozzella | January 26, 2021 | Washington Post
Andrew and Fergie separated in 1992 after six years of marriage and formally divorced in 1996.
He was a leading presidential contender in 1988 and 1992, but never formally entered the race.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82 | Eleanor Clift | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter fighting alongside her brothers for years in the 1980s, she demanded the women fighters be formally recognized.
Embedding With the Women Who Are Kicking ISIS Ass | Susannah George | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was formally certified as a CIA interrogator only in April 2003.
CIA Interrogation Chief: ‘Rectal Feeding,’ Broken Limbs Are News to Me | Kimberly Dozier | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe United States has not formally declared war since World War II.
Rand Paul Declares War on ISIS—and Allows Boots on the Ground | Olivia Nuzzi | November 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn accordance with that statement, he had decided that on the next day his son should be formally "invested" with the top-knot.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeOctober 15, 1612, he was formally appointed commandant in New France.
In a way it is my duty to introduce you formally, although it would be more so if they had done anything for me since my return.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonI wonder if you'd mind very much if I called one day to thank you formally for the lesson you gave me in pronunciation?
First Plays | A. A. MilneEdward received it in his camp, and in reply formally deduced his claim to the superiority, from Brute the Trojan.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
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