formally Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb with official authorization
    officially.
    • the club will be formally recognized
  2. adverb in a formal manner
    • he was dressed rather formally

WordNet

Form"al*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a formal manner; essentially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely.
    That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. Smalridge.
    You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. Hooker.

Webster 1913