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informality|ɪnfɔːˈmælɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity.]
The quality or fact of being informal; absence of formality; with an and pl. An instance of this, an informal act or proceeding.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 75 In the first and second notes you rise as though it were a close, causing a great informalitie of closing, when you shoulde but begin. 1686Clarendon Lett., To Ld. Treas. I. 125 (T.), I thought the informality was, that..it was not countersigned by you. 1783Watson Philip III (1793) I. iii. 307 The defects and informalities complained of must have been entirely owing to carelessness. 1865Pusey Truth Eng. Ch. 265 The informality or mistake of altering the common Creed. |