French edit

Etymology edit

From formel +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation edit

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Adverb edit

formellement

  1. formally
    • 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 ed., Wikisource, chap. 1; translated 1908 by anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (ed.), as The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 ed., Dedalus, →ISBN:
      Celui-ci, jusqu’à ce jour, s’y était si formellement opposé que j’avais fini par désespérer de ne publier jamais l’histoire policière la plus curieuse de ces quinze dernières années.
      — Up until now he had so firmly opposed my doing so that I had given up hope of ever being able to publish the most extraordinary detective story of the past fifteen years.

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