informalness
/ɪnˈfɔːməlnəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Albert Stewert, the director of the choir, was a man whose informalness and pleasing personality clicked with the audience from the very beginning of the program."
- "There’s something curiously comforting about a Board of Governors meeting. Maybe it’s the friendly atmosphere, with everyone being unbelievably genial to one another. Maybe it’s the informalness of the whole procedure."
- "Likewise, performances culled mostly from the night's winning acts - with no special guests or even much in the way of mashups, a longtime AMA specialty - provided a much-needed shot in the arm for a reeling local populace. Such intentional informalness, in fact, made the show."
Etymology
Etymology tree English informal Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English informalness From informal + -ness.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ɪnˈfɔːməlnəs/