formal style
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This portrait will be inspired by the formal style of 18th and 19th Century portraiture and will be produced by Leeds-based photographer and filmmaker Ashley Karrell.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2023
If your instructor requires a formal style for the assignment, the language should be objective and in third- person point of view.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
That meant never sticking to a single, formal style.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2019
Her constitutional role imposes a highly formal style on her in public.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2012
A formal style that is appropriate for the inscription on a genocide memorial will differ from a casual style that is appropriate for an email to a close friend.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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