Adjective: informal in'for-mul
- Not formal
"an informal gathering of friends"; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"
- Used of spoken and written language
"The informal tone of the email put the new employee at ease"
- Having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere
"a relaxed informal manner";
- cozy [N. Amer], intimate, cosy [Brit, Cdn]
- Not officially recognized or controlled
"an informal agreement";
- loose
See also: casual, colloquial, common, conversational, daily, epistolary, epistolatory, everyday, folksy, formality, formalness, free-and-easy, friendly, nonliterary, slangy, subliterary, unceremonial, unceremonious, unliterary, unofficial, unrhetorical, vernacular, vulgar
Antonym: formal
Encyclopedia: Informal