Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ceremoniously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: cer-e-mo-ni-ous-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a ceremonious manner.

Example Sentences

"After a simply marvelous, entertaining two and a half hour meal, they reclaimed their shoes and ceremoniously bid their sayonaras to the Japanese girls."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ceremonious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English ceremoniously From ceremonious + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more ceremoniously (comparative) most ceremoniously (superlative)

Derived Forms

unceremoniously

Synonyms

ceremonially

Questions

What does ceremoniously mean?: In a ceremonious manner.
Where does ceremoniously come from?: Etymology tree English ceremonious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English ceremoniously From ceremonious + -ly.

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