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Meaning of Informality | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The condition of being informal.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An informal term or usage; a colloquialism.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الشكلية
Català informalitat
Ελληνικά ανεπισημότητα
Español informalidad
Français informalité
Italiano informalità
한국어 약식
Português informalidade
Türkçe teklifsizlik

Examples

“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."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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