Dictionary Definition
ceremonious adj : rigidly formal or bound by
convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"
[syn: conventional]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Fond of ceremony, ritual or strict etiquette; punctilious
- Characterized by rigid formality
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
High-Church, attentive, baptismal, cap in hand,
careful, ceremonial, chivalric, chivalrous, civil, conventional, correct, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, dutiful, eucharistic, formal, formular, formulary, gallant, grandiose, hieratic, honorific, imposing, impressive, knightly, liturgic, liturgistic, majestic, moving, old-fashioned, old-world,
paschal, polite, pompous, proper, punctilious, regardful, respectful, ritual, ritualistic, sacerdotal, sacramental, sacramentarian, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking, stuffy, well-mannered