English-Dutch translations for formal

formeel
Er was formeel een verzoek ingediend. A formal proposal has been filed. Het eerste is een formeel bezwaar. The first is a formal objection. Inhoudelijk zijn uw plannen formeel en conventioneel. It is formal, conventional in appearance.
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vormelijkHet is een vormelijke oplossing, maar geen reële oplossing. But this is not satisfactory: it is a formal solution but it is not a real solution. Ik betreur dat de parlementaire commissie haar toevlucht heeft genomen tot zo'n vormelijk oordeel, dat overigens ver gezocht lijkt. I am sorry the committee had to resort to that kind of formal decision which, in any case, seems very far-fetched. Voorzitter, dit advies is nogmaals pro forma , dat wil zeggen een vormelijke interventie in de wetgevingsprocedure van een al van kracht zijnde overeenkomst. Mr President, this opinion is just once again a pro forma, a formal intervention in the legislative process on an Agreement which has already been carried out.

Being in accord with established forms
Official
Relating to the form or structure of something
Relating to formation
Ceremonial or traditional
Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual
Organized; well-structured and planned
Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning
Formalin
An event with a formal dress code
A formal parameter

She spoke formal English, without any dialect
Id like to make a formal complaint
Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar
The formal stage is a critical part of any childs development
Formal wear must be worn at my wedding!
Hes always very formal, and I wish hed relax a bit
When they became a formal club the rowers built a small boathouse
Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence
Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 formal

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