ceremonious as an adjective: - 1
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ceremonious
adjective
1 ceremonious
Characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display.
synonym: pompous.
Roget 928:
respecting
etc.
v.;
respectful,
deferential,
decorous,
reverential,
obsequious,
ceremonious,
bareheaded,
cap in hand,
on one's knees;
prostrate
etc.
(servile)
886.
respected
etc.
v.;
in high esteem,
in high estimation;
time-honored,
venerable,
emeritus.
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Roget 882:
ostentatious,
showy,
dashing,
pretentious;
janty†,
jaunty;
grand,
pompous,
palatial;
high-sounding;
turgid
etc.
(big-sounding)
577;
gairish†,
garish;
gaudy,
gaudy as a peacock,
gaudy as a butterfly,
gaudy as a tulip;
flaunting,
flashing,
flaming,
glittering;
gay
etc.
(ornate)
847.
splendid,
magnificent,
sumptuous.
theatrical,
dramatic,
spectacular;
ceremonial,
ritual.
solemn,
stately,
majestic,
formal,
stiff,
ceremonious,
punctilious,
starched.
dressed to kill,
dressed to the nines,
decjed out,
all decked out,
en granite tenue [Fr.],
in best bib and tucker,
in Sunday best,
endimanch_e,
chic.
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2 ceremonious
Rigidly formal or bound by convention:
— Their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt.
synonym: conventional.
Polish: ceremonialny
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