Vocabulary Word
Word: unceremonious
Definition: not done politely without due formalities
Definition: not done politely without due formalities
Sentences Containing 'unceremonious'
I had emerged by another door, and stood in the street for a little while, as if I really were a stranger upon earth: but the unceremonious pushing and hustling that I received, soon recalled me to myself, and put me in the road back to the hotel; whither I went, revolving the glorious vision all the way; and where, after some porter and oysters, I sat revolving it still, at past one o'clock, with my eyes on the coffee-room fire.
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