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Definition of Semiformal
1. Adjective. Moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket. "A black-tie dinner"
Definition of Semiformal
1. Adjective. Somewhat formal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semiformal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiformal
Literary usage of Semiformal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Group-Based Financial Institutions for the Rural Poor in Bangladesh: An by Manfred Zeller, Anna Ferro-Luzzi (2001)
"The formal and semiformal intermediaries are subject to central bank or at least
some government regulations, whereas the informal financial sector operates ..."
2. The Nonfarm Sector and Rural Development: Review of Issues and Evidence by Nurul Islam (1997)
"In fact, 60 percent of loans advanced by the semiformal institutions went toward
nonfarm activities; relatives, friends, and neighbors directed about 27-28 ..."
3. Agriculture in the City: A Key to Sustainability in Havana, Cuba by María Caridad Cruz, Roberto Sánchez Medina (2003)
"Interviews (370 formal and 221 semiformal) were held covering 38 per cent of
producers at different times in the research process. ..."
4. Sea-Changes: American Foreign Policy in a World Transformed by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos (1990)
"... but they have gone a long way toward normalizing informal and semiformal
contacts and have acquiesced in a renewal of diplomatic relations between ..."
5. Footnotes to Formal Logic by Charles Henry Rieber (1918)
"From the two propositions "A is the son of C," and "C is the son of D," we may
infer that "D is the grandfather of A." This is semiformal. ..."
6. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"Apparently the MSFC method was to have a large gathering for a semiformal
presentation, then break into smaller groups for detailed discussions. ..."
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