All 5 Uses of
solemn
in
Animal Farm
- The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave.†
p. 43.9solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- And the animals heard, from the direction of the farm buildings, the solemn booming of a gun.†
p. 105.3
- The animals slain in the battle were given a solemn funeral.
p. 106.5 *solemn = dignified
- As his last act upon earth, Comrade Napoleon had pronounced a solemn decree: the drinking of alcohol was to be punished by death.†
p. 107.9solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- 'Up there, comrades,' he would say solemnly, pointing to the sky with his large beak — 'up there, just on the other side of that dark cloud that you can see — there it lies, Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest for ever from our labors!'†
p. 117.7solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
Definitions:
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(1)
(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, solemn can mean that something was done with great or appropriate ceremony. It can also be used to describe something as dark or undecorated.