Antonyms of adj slangy

1 sense of slangy

Sense 1
slangy -- (constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang; "a slangy expression"; "slangy speech")

INDIRECT (VIA informal) -> formal -- ((of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English")

Similarity of adj slangy

1 sense of slangy

Sense 1
slangy -- (constituting or expressed in slang or given to the use of slang; "a slangy expression"; "slangy speech")
       => informal (vs. formal) -- (used of spoken and written language)

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