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Meanings of ceremonious politeness in English

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Usage of ceremonious politeness in English
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After saluting me with ceremonious politeness, he said in a bantering tone:
The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
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The French are polite, but it is often mere ceremonious politeness.
The Innocents Abroad
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The count had seated himself with all the ceremonious politeness becoming a country caller.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
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No matter how capricious she could be, he always treated her with ceremonious politeness.
Halcyone
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While the Marchese was dealing, Lorenzi turned to Casanova with ceremonious politeness, saying: My compliments, Chevalier.
Casanova's Homecoming
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Ralph was silent, and Drogo departed with the same ceremonious politeness, laughing at it in his sleeve.
The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
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At the end of this unwelcome visit, we have the following hit at the ceremonious politeness then fashionable.
History of English Humour, Vol. 1 / With an Introduction upon An...
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Him I saluted with ceremonious politeness, on account of his years and the venerable dignity of his beard.
The Mirror of Kong Ho
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He conducted her to the door, and, with ceremonious politeness, held back the curtain while she passed out.
Ben-Hur
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She attempted to arise from her crouching position; I approached, and assisted her to do so with ceremonious politeness.
Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten
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He lifted them one by one and with ceremonious politeness across the ghastly pile of dead and wounded men.
My Lady of the North
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He continued clumsily to conceal his love beneath formulæ of ceremonious politeness, which he always used in an absurd fashion.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
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Downes got up, and steadying himself by the table, leered at me with lacklustre eyes, and attempted a little ceremonious politeness.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
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There was a scrupulous delicacy and a careful and even ceremonious politeness in their attitude toward me which was at once amazing and delightful.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
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He received the strangers with ceremonious politeness, and called their attention to the throne or royal seat upon which he had coiled his limbs.
Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
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And Geraldine perceived from Lady Rotherwood's ceremonious politeness that she did not like it at all, though she never said so even to Lady Merrifield.
The Long Vacation
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