Informality Meaning
/ˌɪnfəˈrmælɪti/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe condition of being informal.
nounAn informal term or usage; a colloquialism.
Sentence Examples
The meeting had an air of informality.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the gathering allowed people to speak freely without worrying about rules.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the meeting made it easy for everyone to share their creative ideas freely.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English informal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English informality From informal + -ity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC:
"More importantly and closer to life, slangs help build an instant intimacy and informality."
— 2021 September 3, Charudutta Panigrahi, “The Intimacy Of Slangs”, in Odisha News, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025:
"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.""
— 1976 December 18, Rudy Kikel, “The Doomsday Book by the Jewish Comedian”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 14:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the gathering allowed people to speak freely without worrying about rules.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the meeting made it easy for everyone to share their creative ideas freely.