ceremonially

Adverb

ceremonially (comparative more ceremonially, superlative most ceremonially)

1. In a ceremonial manner.
   • The woman is next instructed to gather ceremonially the roots of the water chinquapin (Nelumbo lutea) for food for her little ones.1925, Francis La Flesche, The Osage Tribe: the Rite of Vigil, Washington: USGPO, page 195
   • On being enskinned, the successful candidate was ceremonially informed that he was henceforth answerable to all the Wala and not only the Nabihi.2002, Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and Polity in Northwestern Ghana, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 171