Synonyms: buckram, starchy, stiff
Definition: rigidly formal
Usage: a starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality
Similar words: formal
Definition: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Usage: pay one's formal respects; formal dress; a formal ball; the requirement was only formal and often ignored; a formal education
Synonyms: starchy
Definition: consisting of or containing starch
Usage: starchy foods
Similar words: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous
Definition: resembling starch