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unceremoniously

adverbC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,057 of 15,258leans written

Unceremoniously means abruptly, and with no courtesy at all. Unceremoniously dumped, dropped unceremoniously, shown out unceremoniously.

The insult is in the abruptness — the lack of ceremony says the person was not worth any. It nearly always attaches to a verb of removing or dropping. Note the three parts: un-, ceremonious, and -ly.

Definitions of unceremoniously

  1. 1adverbunceremoniouslyAbruptly and with no courtesy.C1

    “The drunk man was unceremoniously thrown out of the club.”

unceremoniously is a manner.

Where it comes from

Un-, not, plus ceremonious, from Latin caerimonia, a religious rite, plus -ly.

From unceremonious + -ly or un- + ceremoniously.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Song of Ice and Fire

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unceremoniously in the wild

  • ALG "unceremoniously" closed the studio in December 1995, according to Computer Game Review.

    Quantum Quality Productions

  • However, the Browns went beyond that by unceremoniously releasing Kosar in the middle of the season.

    1993 Cleveland Browns season

  • Martin was unceremoniously fired at season's end, despite having led the A's to the ALCS only one season prior.

    1982 Oakland Athletics season

  • The unit was unceremoniously disbanded in late November 1945 with a war record unmatched in United States military history.

    Alamo Scouts Training Center

  • The film was unceremoniously released as a silent.

    Do Your Duty

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.