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Formally vs Interpellate - What's the difference?

formally | interpellate |

As an adverb formally

is in a formal manner.

As a verb interpellate is

(obsolete) to interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).

formally

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a formal manner.
  • He dressed quite formally''' - too '''formally for the occasion.
  • In accordance with official procedure.
  • He formally filed a complaint, which involved much paperwork.
  • In accordance with rigorous rules.
  • He proved it formally but gave his students no intuitive feel for the matter.

    Antonyms

    * informally

    See also

    * address (someone) formally * officially

    interpellate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).
  • (philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate).
  • * 1996 , The Cambridge History of American Literature'', volume 8, ''Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 (edited by Sacvan Bercovitch), page 408:
  • interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
  • * 2002 , Marianne Jørgensen, Louise J. Phillips, Discourse Analysis As Theory and Method , page 41:
  • * 2009 , Samia Bazzi, Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study :
  • whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.
  • (transitive, chiefly, politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.
  • Derived terms

    * interpellator * interpellation

    See also

    * interpolate * interpel ----