formal

• Now now, baby ... well, if youre going to be formal--gimme W R." He turned to me and leered while he waited Chief? —  Greener Than You Think
• They were a little precise and formal, and would have been horrified if the children had not said "Yes, ma'am," and "No, ma'am." —  A Little Girl of Long Ago
• The news of the first fighting would therefore be slow in reaching the President and Congress at Washington, so that they might lawfully make what is called a formal declaration of war. —  Ahead of the Army
• This preaching habit was never pedantic, stiff or formal--it gushed out as the waters gushed forth from the rock after Moses had given it a few stiff raps with his staff. —  Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
• Mittie had always thought her stiff and formal--now there was a graceful abandonment about her, as if she had thrown off chains which had galled her, or a burden which oppressed To what am I indebted for the honor of this visit, madam?" —  Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel

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