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overformal

overformal adjective: excessively formal.

Adjective

overformal (comparative more overformal, superlative most overformal)

  1. Excessively formal.

Forms of overformal

comparativemore overformal
superlativemost overformal

Origin of overformal

From over- + formal.

Questions about overformal

What does overformal mean?
Overformal means excessively formal.
What part of speech is overformal?
Overformal is an adjective.

Words near overformal in the dictionary

  1. overfoots
  2. overforce
  3. overforceful
  4. overforcefully
  5. overforested
  6. overformal
  7. overformat
  8. overformats
  9. overformatted
  10. overformatting
  11. overfortification

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