informal manner

collocation in English

meaningsofinformalandmanner

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informal
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfɔː.məl/us
/ɪnˈfɔːr.məl/
not formal ...
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manner
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofinformalandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinformal manner

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Thanks to the site directors, spaces were created within which cogent discussions emerged, but in a relaxed andinformalmanner.
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Nor was this always done on a local,informalmanner; in many instances, the record indicates that both secular and religious authorities connived in this practical, less than by-the-book practice.
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I do not think we ought to have in thisinformalmannera military legal authority brought forward.
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I hesitate to interrupt, tout we are discussing this matter in a somewhatinformalmanner.
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She referred to them as courts which can be conducted in a friendly and relativelyinformalmannerand in a warm atmosphere.
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The housing authority, in the sameinformalmanner, can negotiate with the owner of the premises.
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The opinions were asked for privately and were taken in a mostinformalmanner.
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I understand that already that takes place occasionally, perhaps even often, in the mostinformalmanner.
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There, the local evidence can be brought forward in a formal or aninformalmanneras is done at these inquiries.
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But there may be cases where the individual points in a report can be taken up in a moreinformalmannereither by correspondence or by visiting.
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Women's clubs have played an important part in the education of older women, and young children in theinformalmanner.
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It has also encouraged a police culture in which exchange of data takes place without too many legal controls and in what can best be described as aninformalmanner.
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By all accounts, she made the officers welcome with herinformalmanner.
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With more and more converts, it was clear that services could no longer be conducted in theinformalmannerof the early days.
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This quasi-martial art form, at an intersection between sparring and fighting, is usually performed in an ad hoc orinformalmanner, or when boxing protective gear is unavailable.
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