All 4 Uses of
solemn
in
Dubliners
- There he lay, solemn and copious, vested as for the altar, his large hands loosely retaining a chalice.†
Chpt 1 *
- I too listened; but there was no sound in the house: and I knew that the old priest was lying still in his coffin as we had seen him, solemn and truculent in death, an idle chalice on his breast.†
Chpt 1
- When Mrs. Kernan came into the room, drying her hands she came into a solemn company.†
Chpt 14
- "What is it?" asked Gabriel, smiling at her solemn manner.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner