ceremonious
隆重的,隆重,仪式性的,隆重地
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- : carefully observant of ceremony; formally or elaborately polite: He greeted his rival with a ceremonious display of friendship.
- : pertaining to, marked by, or consisting of ceremony; formal: a ceremonious reception.
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When I arrived back in Atlanta, where I live, the sand gathered underneath my feet on my car mat felt like a ceremonious parting gift.
I thought it would be so fun and a ceremonious moment of everyone reuniting, but barely anyone is going in because everything is still weird.
Levee: a ceremonious visit received by a distinguished person in the morning.
Never, in paying a ceremonious call, stay more than twenty minutes, or less than ten.
Lady Hartledon was not to be thwarted on all points, and she insisted on a ceremonious christening.
The form is proper upon such occasions, but should be used only in the most ceremonious correspondence.
The cards made way for the supper, a meal almost as ceremonious, and quite as constant, as the dinner.