I don't quite know what informal means, but his biography is certainly not intimate.

In some cases unpublished works are widely cited, or circulated via informal means.

The former are known as repeated shocks and are typically difficult to handle through informal means.

These are a common inexpensive way for those who want to make their own comics on a very small budget, with mostly informal means of distribution.

An informal means of transportation, in Ghana they are licensed by the government, but the industry is self-regulated.

Then - and this is the largest difference from the American system - they use informal means to prod ailing institutions toward help.

The Internet is an informal means of communication.

As a result, many school-age children seek education and training through more informal means.

Management control systems include both formal and informal means to make sure that managers' decisions align with a firm's strategies.

And this is certainly the case with the distinction between formal and informal means of social control.