Definitions for informally
in·for·mal·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. informallyadverb

   without formality

   "he visited us informally"

2. colloquially, conversationally, informallyadverb

   with the use of colloquial expressions

   "this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. informallyadverb

   In an irregular or informal manner; without the usual forms.

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1. informally

   Informally refers to a manner that is casual, relaxed, or not adhering to strict rules, procedures, or formalities. It is often characterized by a lack of formal structure or ceremony, and it can describe situations, conversations, dress codes, among others, where informal language or behavior is used.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Informallyadverb

   in an informal manner

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1. informallyadverb

   In an informal manner.

   They met informally both sets of parents before they decided they would take their relationship to the next level that met their need.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 25, 2016  

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce informally?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say informally in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of informally in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of informally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of informally in a Sentence

1. Cleta Mitchell:

   We don't have the records that you have. And one of the things that we have been suggesting formally and informally for weeks now is for you to make available to us the records that would be necessary.

2. Nisar Ali Khan:

   Maybe that will provide us with the opportunity for ... our leadership to sit together informally and work out solutions to the problem that have been afflicting this region ...Discussions which might not be possible in the glare of media publicity, heart-to-heart discussions.

3. Joel Leja:

   The revelation that massive galaxy formation began extremely early in the history of the universe upends what many of us had thought was settled science, we’ve been informally calling these objects ‘universe breakers’ — and they have been living up to their name so far.

4. Jeff Moore:

   The surface of Pluto is every bit as complex as that of Mars, the randomly jumbled mountains might be huge blocks of hard water ice floating within a vast, denser, softer deposit of frozen nitrogen within the region informally named Sputnik Planum.

5. Philip Greenspun:

   Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=informally
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Informally
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/informally
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=informally