Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

formalness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-mal-ness
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Quality of being formal.

Uncountable

Etymology

From formal + -ness.

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Questions

What does formalness mean?
Quality of being formal.
Where does formalness come from?
From formal + -ness.

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