INFORMALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does informally mean? 

• INFORMALLY (adverb)
  The adverb INFORMALLY has 2 senses:

1. without formality

2. with the use of colloquial expressions

  Familiarity information: INFORMALLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFORMALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without formality

Context example:

he visited us informally

Antonym:

formally (in a formal manner)

Pertainym:

informal (not formal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

With the use of colloquial expressions

Synonyms:

colloquially; conversationally; informally

Context example:

this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn

Pertainym:

informal (used of spoken and written language)

 Context examples 

This term is used informally to mean a class of things.

(Category, NCI Thesaurus)

Informally used to mean the result of such an examination.

(Pathology, NCI Thesaurus)

The southern portion of the left inset above shows the cratered plateau uplands informally named Vega Terra.

(What’s Eating at Pluto?, NASA)

Informally named "Peggy," the object may be a new moon.

(Possible New Moon Forming Around Saturn, NASA)

This fascinating icy plains region — resembling frozen mud cracks on Earth — has been informally named “Sputnik Planum”.

(New Horizons Discovers Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto’s ‘Heart’, NASA)

The plains south of the Charon’s canyon — informally referred to as Vulcan Planum — have fewer large craters than the regions to the north, indicating that they are noticeably younger.

(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)

The New Horizons team has discovered a chain of exotic snowcapped mountains stretching across the dark expanse on Pluto informally named Cthulhu Regio.

(Methane Snow on Pluto’s Peaks, NASA)

Within Pluto’s informally named Vega Terra region is a field of eye-catching craters that looks like a cluster of bright halos scattered across a dark landscape.

(Pluto’s ‘Halo’ Craters, NASA)

A deep canyon informally named Argo Chasma is seen grazing the limb.

(A ‘Super Grand Canyon’ on Pluto’s Moon Charon, NASA)

Most prominent are an elongated dark feature at the equator, informally known as the whale, and a large heart-shaped bright area measuring some 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) across on the right.

(A “Heart” from Pluto as Flyby Begins, NASA)