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informalities

  • plural
    of informality.
    informality
    noun
    the state of being informal; absence of formality.

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These inequities or biases in the substantive laws have over time become routine through the legal formalities and discretionary informalities of the procedural law.

From Salon Dec. 8, 2023

Field, now 97, said he and Locklin “shared certain informalities, that poetry shouldn’t be beyond human understanding and feelings.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2021

In the weeks after this meal, Momofuku Nishi was reviewed by critics who were pleased with its food and its no-tipping policy but unhappy with its brutal acoustics and other informalities.

From The New Yorker Sep. 5, 2016

In informal speech a lot of us — even English teachers — lapse into all sorts of informalities.

From Seattle Times Sep. 7, 2012

Aside from these ethical informalities the life was socially agreeable, and there is glamour in the military.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock