Meaning
FORM'ALLY, adv.
1. According to established form, rule, order, rite or ceremony. A treaty was concluded and formally ratified by both parties.
2. Ceremoniously; stiffly; precisely; as, to be stiff and formally reserved.
3. In open appearance; in a visible and apparent state.
You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church, and the rest of the people.
4. Essentially; characteristically.
That which formally makes this [charity] a christian grace, is the spring from which it flows.
