formal (the meaning is not always certain)
1.
having regard to due form or propriety,
ceremonious, precise
Shr. III. i. 62
“Are you so ?,”
IV. ii. 64
“ in
apparel,”
Ham. IV. v. 215
“
ostentation.”
2.
extremely regular or
accurate, stiff, rigid
AYL. II. vii. 155
“beard of cut”
*,
Compl. 29
“[hair] tied in formal
plat.”
3.
(?) conventional
R3 III. i. 82
“the Vice,
Iniquity”
*.
4.
dignified
2H4 V. ii. 133
“in majesty,”
Cæs. II. i. 227
“ constancy”
(=dignified self-possession).
5.
normal or ordinary in
intellect, sane
Err. V. i. 105
“a man,”
Tw.N. II. v. 130
“any capacity”
(=any one of a well-regulated mind),
Ant. II. v. 41
“Not like a formal
man.”
