All 6 Uses of
solemn
in
Man And Superman
- I am sorry to say that it is a common practice with romancers to announce their hero as a man of extraordinary genius, and to leave his works entirely to the reader's imagination; so that at the end of the book you whisper to yourself ruefully that but for the author's solemn preliminary assurance you should hardly have given the gentleman credit for ordinary good sense.†
Chpt Ded.
- Ramsden goes solemnly back to his magisterial seat at the writing table, ignoring Tanner, and opens the proceedings.†
Chpt 1 *
- The most solemn earnest, Ann.†
Chpt 1
- But I know, and the whole world really knows, though it dare not say so, that you were right to follow your instinct; that vitality and bravery are the greatest qualities a woman can have, and motherhood her solemn initiation into womanhood; and that the fact of your not being legally married matters not one scrap either to your own worth or to our real regard for you.†
Chpt 1
- Of the remaining two, who are both English, one is argumentative, solemn, and obstinate; the other rowdy and mischievous.†
Chpt 3
- [continuing] I solemnly say that I am not a happy man.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner