Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Moderately formal.
- adjective Suitable or appropriate for a moderately formal occasion.
- noun Something, such as a dance, that is semiformal in nature.
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- adjective Somewhat
formal .
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- adjective moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
Etymologies
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Examples
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From TJ! with his own street cart!) to cook and serve authentic street tacos for a hundred-odd adults in semiformal wear.
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Except at the very end of C&A, when a cleaned-up Ford, in semiformal cowboy wear a shout out to my friend Roger Ebert complete with oddly banded cowboy hat, positively beams as he tries to take Daniel Craig's hat off to uncover his rumored forehead and eyebrows and is shot dead by Deadly Dan for his temerity.
Michael Jones: Cowboys and Aliens Michael Jones 2011
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That would have been bad enough, but when we got to the dinner spot, the place was super fancy, with these ice sculptures everywhere, and it was completely semiformal cocktail attire.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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The social calendar of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority members at the University of Georgia holds about 10 formal or semiformal events per semester.
Fashion 101: Rent The Runway Targets Students Christina Binkley 2011
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After an appropriate interval, the text was supplanted by a video image of another Andorian, this one dressed in semiformal robes of the sort common to mid-level government employees.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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Except at the very end of C&A, when a cleaned-up Ford, in semiformal cowboy wear a shout out to my friend Roger Ebert complete with oddly banded cowboy hat, positively beams as he tries to take Daniel Craig's hat off to uncover his rumored forehead and eyebrows and is shot dead by Deadly Dan for his temerity.
Michael Jones: Cowboys and Aliens Michael Jones 2011
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That would have been bad enough, but when we got to the dinner spot, the place was super fancy, with these ice sculptures everywhere, and it was completely semiformal cocktail attire.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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Except at the very end of C&A, when a cleaned-up Ford, in semiformal cowboy wear a shout out to my friend Roger Ebert complete with oddly banded cowboy hat, positively beams as he tries to take Daniel Craig's hat off to uncover his rumored forehead and eyebrows and is shot dead by Deadly Dan for his temerity.
Michael Jones: Cowboys and Aliens Michael Jones 2011
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After an appropriate interval, the text was supplanted by a video image of another Andorian, this one dressed in semiformal robes of the sort common to mid-level government employees.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011
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The invitation to Valentino Mansion said semiformal, but it was the semi part that was tricky Like a night without a party “semi” opened up too many possibilities.
Scott Westerfeld: Uglies Quartet Scott Westerfeld 2010
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