ceremonious

Speech parts

1. ceremonious - Adjective

2. ceremonious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.

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Examples

His cold politeness, his ceremonious grace, were worse than anything. Jane Austen

Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite. Winston Churchill

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show. Matthew Arnold

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me. Steve Maraboli

I envy my Jewish friends the ritual of saying kaddish - a ritual that seems perfectly conceived, with its built-in support group and its ceremonious designation of time each day devoted to remembering the lost person. Meghan O'Rourke

their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt Source: Internet

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