ceremonious
- a characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
- s rigidly formal or bound by convention
their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt
- Where all's accustomed, ceremonious; For arrogance and hatred are the wares .
- The festival is a series of musical entertainments, beginning with the ceremonious "Burial of Dull Care," ending with the "High Jinks" a musical play composed, staged, sung by .
- At last he stood up, pulled the paper from his typewriter and closed his reference books with a ceremonious bang.