All 3 Uses of
solemn
in
Treasure Island
- Watch him as we pleased, we could do nothing to solve it; and when we asked him to his face, he would only laugh if he were drunk, and if he were sober deny solemnly that he ever tasted anything but water.†
Chpt 10solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- And John would touch his forelock with a solemn way he had that made me think he was the best of men.†
Chpt 10 *solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- It weren't quite a chapel, but it seemed more solemn like; and then, says you, Ben Gunn was short-handed—no chapling, nor so much as a Bible and a flag, you says.†
Chpt 15
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.