Search Result for "as a formality":
Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a set manner without serious attention;
- Example: "they answered my letter pro forma"
- Example: "he kissed her cheek perfunctorily"
[syn: perfunctorily, as a formality, pro forma]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

as a formality
    adv 1: in a set manner without serious attention; "they answered
           my letter pro forma"; "he kissed her cheek perfunctorily"
           [syn: perfunctorily, as a formality, pro forma]