formlike

adj

formlike

adj

Etymology From form + -like. Cognate with German förmlich (“formal, official”).

1

Resembling a form (document to be filled in).

Terse, snappy, forceful letters should be used, rather than long, verbose, repetitive, unimpressive, formlike letters.1919, Charles Albert Meyer, Mercantile Credits and Collections:

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