Sample Sentences for
solemn
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    But it's not much fun trying to keep my hand firm and being so solemn all day long.  (source)
    solemn = serious (with no sense of fun)
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    In a solemn voice, he said, "We won't talk about this again."  (source)
    solemn = very serious
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    ...there was a solemn promise that neither side would use Magic.  (source)
    solemn = serious
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    "I hear Reb Boruch is a solemn man," Gitl said carefully.  (source)
    solemn = very serious
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    "Did you see Mack's face when Ruby hit him?" George nods. "Yes," he says solemnly. "I did."  (source)
    solemnly = in a very serious manner
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    That wonderful laughter lightened the fog-thick solemnness that permeated the campus, and I felt drawn to it.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    You know that your safety is our solemnest duty.†  (source)
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    Her simple, unsolemn words were drenched in tears.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unsolemn means not and reverses the meaning of solemn. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    Whether on horseback, bike, or snowboard, he refrained from doing some of the wild, daredevil stunts that boys his age usually tried—not because he feared for his safety, but because he felt it was his solemn duty as an only child.  (source)
    solemn = serious
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    "I'm one hundred and four years old," he told her solemnly.  (source)
    solemnly = in a serious and sincere manner
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    Solemnness was written in their faces; only indifference they showed.†  (source)
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    A certain person charges me, in the solemnest way, not to talk of Jo to any one, even my little woman.†  (source)
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    But he was also wary of it, he was hesitant, he wanted to say something unsolemn because anything about his father made him apprehensive.†  (source)
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Tonight we hold a solemn supper, sir, And I'll request your presence.  (source)
solemn = ceremonial
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