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ceremoniously

ceremoniously adverb: in a ceremonious manner.

Adverb

ceremoniously (comparative more ceremoniously, superlative most ceremoniously)

  1. In a ceremonious manner.
    • After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls.1999, Hell to Pay, →ISBN, page 19

Forms of ceremoniously

comparativemore ceremoniously
superlativemost ceremoniously

Origin of ceremoniously

From ceremonious + -ly.

Words formed from ceremoniously

Questions about ceremoniously

What does ceremoniously mean?
Ceremoniously means in a ceremonious manner.
What part of speech is ceremoniously?
Ceremoniously is an adverb.

Words near ceremoniously in the dictionary

  1. ceremonialness
  2. ceremonials
  3. ceremonies
  4. ceremoniless
  5. ceremonious
  6. ceremoniously
  7. ceremoniousness
  8. ceremony
  9. Cerenkov effect
  10. Cerenkov effects
  11. Cerenkov radiation

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