formeller meaning and definition in german

Adjective
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- comparative degree of formell

Example
Es war nur in der ersten Zeit gewesen, daß er dem Adjunkten mit seinen formellen Diplomatenmanieren imponiert hatte.He thought he was to be pitied for living in this village, with Homais for a friend and Monsieru Guillaumin for master. The latter, entirely absorbed by his business, wearing gold-rimmed spectacles and red whiskers over a white cravat, understood nothing of mental refinements, although he affected a stiff English manner, which in the beginning had impressed the clerk.OP315250