Ceremonious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony, ritual, or etiquette; punctilious: "borne on silvery trays by ceremonious world-weary waiters” ( Financial Times).
  • adj. Characterized by ceremony.
  • adj. In accord with prescribed or customary usage; rigidly formal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious
  • adj. Characterized by rigid formality
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]
  • adj. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of or relating to outward forms and rites; conformable to prescribed ceremony.
  • Full of ceremony or formality; marked by solemnity of manner or method.
  • According to prescribed or customary formalities or punctilios; characterized by more elaborate forms of politeness than are commonly used between intimate acquaintances; formal in manner or method: as, ceremonious phrases.
  • Observant of conventional forms; fond of using ceremony; punctilious as to outward observances and ceremonies.
  • Synonyms Ceremonious, Ceremonial, Formal. Ceremonious, full of ceremony, fond of ceremony; ceremonial, consisting in or having the nature of ceremony, or bearing upon ceremonies: as, ceremonious manners, persons; ceremonial law, rites, uncleanness. Formal differs from ceremonious in that a formal person tries too hard to conform to rule in his whole bearing as well as in his bearing toward others, while a ceremonious person magnifies too much the conventional rules of social intercourse; thus both are opposed to natural, formal to easy, and ceremonious to hearty or friendly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
  • adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention
  • Equivalent
    formal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    formal    exact    precise    punctilious   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    courtly    ceremonial    deferential    respectful    punctilious    decorous    formal    perfunctory    ironical    sumptuous