ceremonious
[ser-uh-moh-nee-uh s]
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Origin of ceremonious
Synonyms
See more synonyms for ceremonious on Thesaurus.com1. ceremonial; conventional, punctilious.
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Contemporary Examples
The last of 500 cards were ceremoniously signed at a press conference and then presented with the others to the authorities.
A $20,000 check was ceremoniously presented to the Southeast Arlington Little League (SEALL).
"They saluted and marched upstairs and they came down so ceremoniously," said Madikizela-Mandela.
Chewing on a thick piece of gum, Moss ceremoniously pulled it out when deigning to talk.
Caroline Kennedy has mostly spent her life as a wife, a mother, and most ceremoniously, a daughter.
Historical Examples
Falconer and Dick pushed their way through them none too ceremoniously.
Nell, of Shorne MillsCharles Garvice
On the threshold he faced about, and made them a bow, which they as ceremoniously returned.
Major VigoureuxA. T. Quiller-Couch
She had received these ceremoniously, without losing her air of sadness.
An Eagle FlightJos Rizal
"Your orders shall be obeyed," said Day, and ceremoniously left the cabin.
Hurricane IslandH. B. Marriott Watson
On their entry the Apache chiefs rose and saluted them ceremoniously.
The Tiger-SlayerGustave Aimard
ceremonious
- especially or excessively polite or formal
- observing ceremony; involving formalities
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Word Origin and History for ceremoniously
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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