Meghan O'Rourke

I envy my Jewish friends the ritual of saying kaddish - a ritual that seems perfectly conceived, with its built-in support group and its ceremonious designation of time each day devoted to remembering the lost person.

American Poet

Matthew Arnold

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a hideous show.

English Poet

Emily Dickinson

After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.

Use 'ceremonious' when describing events that are grand and traditional.

Grand Occasions

Don't use 'ceremonious' for casual or informal gatherings; it doesn't fit.

Not Casual

'Ceremonious' often has a positive connotation, suggesting respect and honor.

Positive Context

'Ceremonious' can imply politeness to the point of being artificial or excessive.

Excessive Politeness

It can have a negative tone, suggesting someone is trying too hard to impress.

Disapproving Tone

Indicates behavior that is more formal than the situation requires, causing discomfort.

Unnatural Formality

 And I was so humiliated and mortified that I immediately ran home to my mother and chastised her for ever letting me wear the hideous sweater. We drove to the Goodwill and we threw the sweater away somewhat ceremoniously,

Jacqueline Novogratz:...

 bursts of dusty scales are not this is dinner the bush babies fair isn't so problematic that's alright the olitz ceremoniously stuffs the molting moth in its mouth and takes off