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black-tie

Definitions of black-tie
  1. adjective
    moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket
    “a black-tie dinner”
    synonyms: semi-formal, semiformal
    formal
    being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
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