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Semi-formal   /sˈɛmi-fˈɔrməl/   Listen
Semi-formal

adjective
1.
Moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket.  Synonyms: black-tie, semiformal.  "A black-tie dinner"






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"Semi-formal" Quotes from Famous Books



... the spring, but personally I do not consider it suited for such use. The flowers are rather coarse to bear close inspection, such as a house plant must be subject to: they are far more effective in masses out-of-doors or used as semi-formal decorations about paths or stoops, for which purpose ...
— Gardening Indoors and Under Glass • F. F. Rockwell

... of these amorous invocations, received the two letters. She had gone to the post-office on her way to the school, on the chance of there being a note from Geoffrey. Poor woman, his letters were the one bright thing in her life. From motives of prudence they were written in the usual semi-formal style, but she was quick to read between the lines, and, moreover, they came ...
— Beatrice • H. Rider Haggard



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