being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
a gown for evening wear
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
represented in simplified or symbolic form
a lavish dance requiring formal attire
