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Definition
in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
- His face grew solemn again, and he raised his glass: 'I think it is fitting that we should begin by drinking a health.p. 171.2
- He wolfed another tasteless meal in the canteen, hurried off to the center, took part in the solemn foolery of a 'discussion group', played two games of table tennis, swallowed several glasses of gin, and sat for half an hour through a lecture entitled 'Ingsoc in relation to chess'.p. 109.3
There are no more uses of "solemn" in 1984 by Orwell.
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