Definitions

informally

[in-fawr-muh-lee] / ɪnˈfɔr mə li /

ADVERB

casually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

carelessly coolly indifferently

WEAK

lackadaisically offhandedly reservedly unconcernedly unemotionally

ADVERB

intimately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

personally

STRONG

well

WEAK

confidentially familiarly lovingly privately secretly

Antonyms

WEAK

openly publicly reservedly

ADVERB

naturally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently easily generally instinctively normally simply spontaneously typically uniformly usually

WEAK

artlessly but of course by birth by nature candidly casually characteristically customarily freely genuinely habitually impulsively innocently openly ordinarily readily unaffectedly unpretentiously

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly unusually

WEAK

affectedly unnaturally

Example Sentences

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A group informally known as "Hulk" lizards has altered the dynamics within the species.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Many were employed informally without any legal contract.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Altman in early 2025 asked former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal to informally consult a team inside OpenAI working on making a social-media project similar to X, according to the Journal.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

In this alternate past, a fatal blood virus, known informally as the Red Wind, has been ravaging the population for about a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Maddie could see that it was all set up as informally and cozily as it was possible to make this bleak little room.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

informally

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