Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unceremonious manner; without ceremony; informally.
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- adverb In an
unceremonious manner,abruptly , without the due formalities.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an unceremonious manner
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Examples
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Heaved unceremoniously from the ambulance stretcher to the hard emergency room gurney, doctors and nurses with little white masks dangling from around their necks quickly went to work to revive me from anaphylactic shock, an allergic reaction initiated by the stinging bite of one, tiny little red ant.
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Heaved unceremoniously from the ambulance stretcher to the hard emergency room gurney, doctors and nurses with little white masks dangling from around their necks quickly went to work to revive me from anaphylactic shock, an allergic reaction initiated by the stinging bite of one, tiny little red ant.
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At this fore-doomed Cleveland meeting a feeble attempt had been made by the men who considered Mr. Lincoln too radical, to nominate General Grant for President, instead of Fremont; but he had been denounced as a Lincoln hireling, and his name unceremoniously swept aside.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904
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At Hyde Park Corner, Douglas heard his name unceremoniously shouted.
The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage George Bernard Shaw 1903
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Lincoln hireling, and his name unceremoniously swept aside.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History John George Nicolay 1866
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One story about him went that around the same time his record label unceremoniously dropped him his wife committed suicide.
Happy Birthday, Christopher Kastensmidt!! marshallpayne1 2009
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'The late Mr. Sniggs, Mr.. Tulrumble,' said Mr. Tulrumble sharply, for he by no means approved of the notion of unceremoniously designating a gentleman who filled the high office of Mayor, as
Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Charles Dickens 1841
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'The late Mr. Sniggs, Mr.. Tulrumble,' said Mr. Tulrumble sharply, for he by no means approved of the notion of unceremoniously designating a gentleman who filled the high office of Mayor, as
Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 1841
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He also recommended that Kosana be removed "unceremoniously" from the department after a disciplinary hearing.
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The Verwoerd statue, "unceremoniously" removed from the
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