informality

[in-fawr-mal-i-tee] / ˌɪn fɔrˈmæl ɪ ti /

NOUN

ease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

casualness familiarity nonchalance simplicity spontaneity

STRONG

affability aplomb breeze cinch cleverness composure dexterity dispatch easiness easygoingness efficiency effortlessness expertise expertness flexibility fluency insouciance knack liberty naturalness poise pushover quickness readiness setup skillfulness smoothness snap unaffectedness unceremoniousness unconstraint unrestraint

WEAK

child's play duck soup relaxedness smooth sailing unreservedness

Antonyms

STRONG

inability

Example Sentences

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The illustrations by Leanne Hatch have a warm informality as she shows a family of five lighting the candles on a menorah each evening before dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her supervisor and mentor, Professor Louis Leakey, saw the value in that informality.

From BBC

But informality and ambiguity remain a feature, not a bug, of China’s approach to coercive economic bargaining.

From The Wall Street Journal

While sharing similar tenets like low-slung horizontality, natural materials and warm informality, some incorporate elements of Colonial or Spanish architecture, others take on a bit of Swiss Chalet.

From Los Angeles Times

But she told me that her supervisor and mentor, Professor Louis Leakey, saw the value in her informality.

From BBC

informality

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