All 5 Uses of
solemn
in
Through the Looking-Glass
- 'What shall I repeat to her?' said Tweedledee, looking round at Tweedledum with great solemn eyes, and not noticing Alice's question.†
Chpt 4
- Here he pursed up his lips and looked so solemn and grand that Alice could hardly help laughing.†
Chpt 6
- 'It can talk,' said Haigha, solemnly.
Chpt 7 *solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- The knight looked so solemn about it that Alice did not dare to laugh.†
Chpt 8
- 'As to fishes,' she said, very slowly and solemnly, putting her mouth close to Alice's ear, 'her White Majesty knows a lovely riddle—all in poetry—all about fishes.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner