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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One factor that the committee informally considers is sector balance, according to Roberts.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Unauthorised peddling, parking and blocking foot traffic were long tolerated informally, but fines are now being enforced -- and city authorities are considering doubling them.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, both members of the progressive group informally known as “the Squad.”

From Salon • May 24, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Viking mission, which had been informally scheduled to set one of its two descent craft gently down on the Martian surface on the Bicentennial of the United States, July 4, 1976.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

informally

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