semiformality
nounEtymology From semi- + formality.
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The quality of being semiformal.
- Founded in 1975 and led by the violinist Richard Tognetti since 1989, the orchestra looks youthful and hip onstage, its players clad in varying shades of black semiformality.2009 May 5, Steve Smith, “A Group That Doesn’t Sit, Adding Bounce to Haydn”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2012: