She spoke formally, without expression, but I thought it better to qualify.

The President spoke formally, as he might to a visiting foreign dignitary.

All winter my father and I have waited for you to speak formally to him of our future.

The executive asked to remain anonymous because she was not speaking formally for the company.

When a person is speaking there formally, they are said to have the floor.

Formally speaking, this is the first full-length novel I have written from beginning to end in the third person.

She took time for a breath and continued to speak formally.

When she spoke formally, her words came out as though so many cuts of a buzz saw.

The man spoke steadily and formally, as to a lady in a palace.

I'd hate to be forced to speak formally all the time.