All 8 Uses of
solemn
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- and then a solemn hush fell upon the church
Chpt 5 *solemn = serious and dignified
- It's awful solemn like, AIN'T it?"†
Chpt 9
- She was a subscriber for all the "Health" periodicals and phrenological frauds; and the solemn ignorance they were inflated with was breath to her nostrils.†
Chpt 12
- They tramped gayly along, over decaying logs, through tangled underbrush, among solemn monarchs of the forest, hung from their crowns to the ground with a drooping regalia of grape-vines.†
Chpt 14
- They waited a time that seemed an age, and then the same muffled boom troubled the solemn hush.†
Chpt 14
- The solemn hush continued.†
Chpt 16
- Next appeared a dark-complexioned, black-eyed, black-haired young lady, who paused an impressive moment, assumed a tragic expression, and began to read in a measured, solemn tone: "A VISION "Dark and tempestuous was night.†
Chpt 21
- It was a lonely place, and an hour made solemn by old traditions.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner