Hypertext Webster Gateway: "informality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Informality \In`for*mal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Informalities}.
1. The state of being informal; want of regular, prescribed,
or customary form; as, the informality of legal
proceedings.
2. An informal, unconventional, or unofficial act or
proceeding; something which is not in proper or prescribed
form or does not conform to the established rule.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
informality
n 1: a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
[ant: {formality}]
2: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at
ease with strangers" [syn: {ease}]
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