The phrase "already formally" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something has been done in a formal manner prior to the current moment or context.
Example: "The proposal has already formally been submitted to the board for review."
Alternatives: "officially already" or "formally at this point".
Fourteen are already formally grouped, with an office in Brussels.
They have already formally requested that cameras be barred.
(He said he had already formally left the intelligence service, although a visiting journalist found him there).
Boko Haram says its goal is to spread the adoption of Sharia law, which is already formally in effect in twelve northern Nigerian states.
Manufacturing, mining and the retail trade, which together account for more than one-third of South Africa's GDP, are already formally in recession.
It's the first official day of the Victorian election campaign, although it has been running for weeks, if not months, and Labor has already formally "launched" its campaign.
The SLHT has already been formally wound up, with hospitals and services transferred to other trusts.
Late Thursday, Attorney General Abu Talib Othman announced that an election was required by law, since the state legislature had already been formally dissolved to prepare for it.
The hold does not apply to pending sales that have already been formally notified to Congress, such as the sale of $510 million in precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, an aide to Mr. Corker said.
These new ones aren't quite as exciting as the others, as they've already been formally announced — but it's still nice to see them in action.
Expanding Evernote Business into new markets is the company's way of tapping into its existing user base to build up revenues: some 70% of the company's 50 million current subscribers are outside the U.S., and Evernote says that two-thirds of them are already, less formally, using their free apps to increase work productivity.
