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CEREMONIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ceremoniousness mean?
• CEREMONIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun CEREMONIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. a ceremonial manner
Familiarity information: CEREMONIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ceremonial manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ceremoniousness" is a kind of...):
formality; formalness (a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies)
Antonym:
unceremoniousness (an unceremonial manner)
Derivation:
ceremonious (rigidly formal or bound by convention)
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