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solemn
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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- 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected havior of the visage,
Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly.†p. 25.8solemn = very serious--possibly dignified - Two nights together had these gentlemen,
Marcellus and Barnardo, on their watch,
In the dead waste and middle of the night,
Been thus encountered: a figure like your father,
Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pie,
Appears before them and with solemn march
Goes slow and stately by them.†p. 35.1 * - We'll make a solemn wager on your cunnings—
I ha 't!†p. 233.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
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(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.