archaic and is only used in the most formal of documents, or where the wife is a Dame

and to make formal distinctions among the peerage which could lead to its legal breakup

We can, yeah. So, the first part is cease, which means stop. This is quite a formal word.

quite a formal word.

Buy now, pay later companies typically perform a less formal credit check and look at additional data like previous times you've used their service.

typically perform a less formal credit check

After decades of mistrust and warfare, it looks as if American diplomacy has finally made possible a formal peace treaty between the two old adversaries.

a formal peace treaty between the two old adversaries.

The pressure, the strain, the extra mental health issues that I suffered really escalated during that formal process.

There's usually a formal grievance policy that you can follow to escalate your concerns and have them investigated,

that it has really become a formal part of the meiosis process.

So if we can take this easy modal,can and can't, now we have the same modal, same meaning, but can, can't would be informal and be able to would be more formal but it's the same meaning.

So very easily, we can change these sentences from informal to formal.

My formal dining room is one

and way in the back is the formal living room.

No, it sounds way too formal, doesn't it. Yeah.

IT HAS BEEN THE FORMAL POLICY