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CEREMONIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rigidly formal or bound by convention
Example:
their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
Synonyms:
ceremonious; conventional
Classified under:
Similar:
formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))
Derivation:
ceremoniousness (a ceremonial manner)
ceremony (any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way)
ceremony (the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
Synonyms:
ceremonious; pompous
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
ceremony (any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way)
Context examples:
She was in hopes that the evening would afford some opportunity of bringing them together; that the whole of the visit would not pass away without enabling them to enter into something more of conversation than the mere ceremonious salutation attending his entrance.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
