Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Without the due formalities; abrupt.
- adjective Not ceremonious; informal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not ceremonious; familiar; informal.
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- adjective Not
ceremonious
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without ceremony or formality
- adjective without due formalities
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Examples
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A small man, with an uncommonly sour and discontented face, emerged from the house, and returned to this call the unceremonious acknowledgment of ‘Now then!’
The Battle of Life 2007
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A small man, with an uncommonly sour and discontented face, emerged from the house, and returned to this call the unceremonious acknowledgment of ‘Now then!’
The Battle of Life 2007
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A small man, with an uncommonly sour and discontented face, emerged from the house, and returned to this call the unceremonious acknowledgment of 'Now then!'
Battle of Life 1876
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I went very early to the next weekly meeting, and was entertaining a small circle very successfully with a minute representation of my lord mayor's show, when the colonel entered careless and gay, sat down with a kind of unceremonious civility, and without appearing to intend any interruption, drew my audience away to the other part of the room, to which I had not the courage to follow them.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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Their imaginative yet unceremonious approaches mean surprising and affordable fare for diners.
Paris: Modern Romance Tina Isaac 2011
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Following the end of a seven-month Tonight tenure and his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny tour last spring, O'Brien says he's come to terms with his unceremonious exit.
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It's probably the only drink you'll serve in it, but an ordinary mug is just too unceremonious and your drink won't look like a mini pint of Guinness.
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DeWolfe should take this unceremonious exit as a blessing in disguise.
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The unceremonious arrival — at once suggesting humility and defiance — was typical of Mr. Huntsman, a Mandarin-speaking former Mormon missionary and the son of a billionaire who has set himself the ambitious goal of "humanizing" the world's most important bilateral relationship.
When Diplomacy Means Abandoning the Rule Book Jeremy Page 2011
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"It's not going to be an unceremonious finish, I can tell you that," Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said during the Television Critics Association winter previews, when he acknowledged that he was talking with the show's creative crew about potentially wrapping things up.
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