All 4 Uses of
somber
in
Lord of the Flies
- He noticed Ralph's scarred nakedness, and the sombre silence of all four of them.
p. 70.2 *sombre = serious--without humor or fununconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use somber.
- Somberly he watched the mountain.
p. 107.6somberly = solemnly (in a manner that is serious--not cheerful or lighthearted)
- Roger, sitting on the very edge of the cliff, looked somberly back at the island as he worked with his fingers at a loose tooth.
p. 159.7
- There was another noise to attend to now, a deep grumbling noise, as though the forest itself were angry with him, a somber noise across which the ululations were scribbled excruciatingly as on slate.
p. 196.9somber = solemn (serious--not cheerful or lighthearted)
Definitions:
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(1)
(somber as in: a somber mood) serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad
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(2)
(somber as in: somber colors) lacking brightness or color -- perhaps gloomy