All 7 Uses of
solemn
in
Wuthering Heights
- 'THOU ART THE MAN!' cried Jabez, after a solemn pause, leaning over his cushion.†
Chpt 3 *
- I let him enjoy the luxury unannoyed; and after sucking out his last wreath, and heaving a profound sigh, he got up, and departed as solemnly as he came.†
Chpt 3
- Isabella and he had had an hour's interview, during which he tried to elicit from her some sentiment of proper horror for Heathcliff's advances: but he could make nothing of her evasive replies, and was obliged to close the examination unsatisfactorily; adding, however, a solemn warning, that if she were so insane as to encourage that worthless suitor, it would dissolve all bonds of relationship between herself and him.†
Chpt 11
- And Edgar standing solemnly by to see it over; then offering prayers of thanks to God for restoring peace to his house, and going back to his BOOKS!†
Chpt 12
- He surveyed the carved front and low-browed lattices, the straggling gooseberry-bushes and crooked firs, with solemn intentness, and then shook his head: his private feelings entirely disapproved of the exterior of his new abode.†
Chpt 20
- Catherine quelled her lamentations also, took a seat opposite, and looked solemnly into the fire.†
Chpt 23
- His emotion was only revealed by the immense sighs he drew, as he solemnly spread his large Bible on the table, and overlaid it with dirty bank-notes from his pocket-book, the produce of the day's transactions.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner