ceremonious
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A plane carrying 59 of them landed at an airport just outside Washington DC earlier this month, in a ceremonious greeting that included the deputy secretary of state.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
Early on in its history, Long Beach Opera, originally Long Beach Grand Opera, found the “grand” too ceremonious and increasingly scaled back to experimental, in-your-face intimacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
The mood inside the court - quiet and ceremonious - was a contrast to the atmosphere outside as dozens of activists rallied in support of cancellation.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
Punishments in such cases should be harsher too, rather than ceremonious or possessed of little or no punitive value.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2022
That night when I placed the plastic egg filled with cinnamon hearts in the box beside my bed, I did not feel the ceremonious satisfaction I normally did.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing ceremonious
"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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The Merchant of Venice
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Vocabulary Video Contest (2013) - List 1
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