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ceremoniousness

/ser-uh-moh-nee-uhs/US // ˌsɛr əˈmoʊ ni əs //UK // (ˌsɛrɪˈməʊnɪəs) //

仪式感,仪式性,隆重性,仪式感十足

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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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Examples

  • 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.