informality
/ˌɪnfɚmˈælɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.21 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "These people, drawn from many different places and with many different backgrounds, gave the whole life of the County an informality that was new to Ellen, an informality to which she never quite accustomed herself."
- "More importantly and closer to life, slangs help build an instant intimacy and informality."
- "One long riff without a beginning and without an end :Template:.., only portions of which […] may be served up to us here, punctuated — the word hardly seems appropriate to a piecemeal poetry in which, except for the ubiquitous slash, there is precious little punctuation — momentarily halted, then, by an affirmative informality ("yeah"), by a labored repetition ("he was/ he was/ i swear he was"), or by a barbarous appeal for final comprehension: "know what i mean/ dontyah dontyah dontyah know what i mean.""
Etymology
Etymology tree English informal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English informality From informal + -ity.