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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wiktionary

  1. informallyadverb

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

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  1. Informallyadverb

    in an informal manner

Editors Contribution

  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  

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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. 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.

  2. Roger Ross:

    Everyone's equal, i'm sure that Bruce Springsteen jams occasionally with local bands but not as often as barbershoppers sing together informally. It's a unique part of our style and our organization.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Craig Hoover:

    We would deny any form of ‘pay to play policy’ is in place, formally or informally.

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