ceremonious
[ser-uh-moh-nee-uhs]
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Origin of ceremonious
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civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, strikingExamples from the Web for ceremonious
Historical Examples
The note was not a long one, nor was it encumbered by any ceremonious phraseology.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
Finally, she bowed in a manner sufficiently distant and ceremonious.
Aunt RachelDavid Christie Murray
Hat and gloves are invariably worn with this gown if the affair is ceremonious.
The Etiquette of To-dayEdith B. Ordway
His phrases are ceremonious without the dignity of ceremony.
The ChildrenAlice Meynell
Dinner at the moat-house was a solemn and ceremonious function.
The Hand in the DarkArthur J. Rees
ceremonious
- especially or excessively polite or formal
- observing ceremony; involving formalities
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Word Origin and History for ceremonious
adj.
1550s, from Middle French cérémonieux or directly from Late Latin caerimoniosus, from Latin caerimonia (see ceremony). Meaning "full of show and ceremony" is from 1610s. Related: Ceremoniously; ceremoniousness.
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