All 5 Uses of
solemn
in
The Tempest
- [Enter ARIEL, invisible, playing solemn music] SEBASTIAN†
Scene 2.1solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- [Solemn and strange music: and PROSPERO above, invisible†
Scene 3.3
- The solemn temples
Scene 4.1 *solemn = serious and dignified
- and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew;†
Scene 5.1solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- A solemn air, and the best comforter To an unsettled fancy, cure thy brains, Now useless, boil'd within thy skull!†
Scene 5.1
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.