how to pronounce formality

/fɔːˈmæl.ə.ti/

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formality is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of formality in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… intelligent that sort of formality sense …”

meaning of formality

Formality is the quality of being formal or ceremonious.

formality frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word formality occurs in english on average 4.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics formality can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that formality can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;