ceremoniousadjective
uk/ˌser.ɪˈməʊ.ni.əs/us/ˌser.əˈmoʊ.ni.əs/Ceremonious behaviour is very or too formal or polite.
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Manners & levels of formality
- buttoned-down
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- decency
- decorum
- formal
- formally
- gentility
- grace
- ground rules
- impropriety
- informal
- propriety
- pukka
- refinement
- solemnity
- stand on ceremony idiom
- stiff
- stiffly
- valediction
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ceremoniously
adverb uk/ˌser.ɪˈməʊ.ni.əs.li/us/ˌser.əˈmoʊ.ni.əs.li/
He shook hands ceremoniously with each of his supporters as they arrived.