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informal

[in-fawr-muhl] / ɪnˈfɔr məl /


ADJECTIVE
conversational or colloquial
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Most leaders arrived in the Armenian capital for an informal dinner on Sunday.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The meeting breaks up around 2 p.m. and is followed by music-filled, informal mingling, where the participants discuss the book and the afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

OFAC's alert said payments could involve cash as well as "digital assets, offsets, informal swaps, or other in-kind payments," including charitable donations and payments at Iranian embassies.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

But since last fall, she has been racing to get it ready, hiring a slew of new finance and accounting professionals and kick-starting informal conversations with banks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

The informal touches; the handshaking; the folk music; the insistence upon union—all these changes are aimed at serving Catholics who no longer live in a Catholic world.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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