formulaic

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(formal) made up of fixed patterns of words or ideas: Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like 'Once upon a time...'.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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formulaicEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus formulaicEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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formalism formality formalize format formation formative former formerly Formica formidable formless

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