The Only Use of
solemn
in
Romeo and Juliet
- All things that we ordained festival Turn from their office to black funeral: Our instruments to melancholy bells; Our wedding cheer to a sad burial feast; Our solemn hymns to sullen dirges change; Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse, And all things change them to the contrary.†
Scene 4.5
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner