ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its people or culture
Sri Lankan forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels
Sri Lankan beaches
How To Use Ceylonese In A Sentence
- They have long enjoyed the uses of political power and hark back to a past when they were the rousing nationalist force behind Ceylonese kings. Buddha’s Savage Peace
- Assuming a look of bland courtesy, Jane led the way toward a separate room at the far end of the cadjan dominated by a long table where several young Ceylonese women were busily working. A Covert Affair
- “The funny mistress of five or six accents,” Jane regaled them all with the story of her dinner party, successively taking the part of a lecherous old Oxonian who was trying to pinch her bottom, a drunk Ceylonese official, and a dry old colonial widow with a lorgnette. A Covert Affair
- Its people may be referred to as Ceylonese n. or adj. or Sri Lankans. Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage
- She caught a ride with them in a jeep to their camp, which was located only six miles outside Kandy but ended up being a bumpy, half-hour trip on narrow, crowded roads full of Ceylonese drivers devoid of traffic sense. A Covert Affair
- Assuming a look of bland courtesy, Jane led the way toward a separate room at the far end of the cadjan dominated by a long table where several young Ceylonese women were busily working. A Covert Affair