formellement

French

Etymology

From formel + -ment.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adverb

formellement

  1. formally
    • 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 ed., Wikisource, chap. 1; translated 1908 by anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (ed.), as The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 ed., Dedalus, →ISBN:
      Celui-ci, jusqu’à ce jour, s’y était si formellement opposé que j’avais fini par désespérer de ne publier jamais l’histoire policière la plus curieuse de ces quinze dernières années.
      — Up until now he had so firmly opposed my doing so that I had given up hope of ever being able to publish the most extraordinary detective story of the past fifteen years.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.