All 9 Uses of
solemn
in
Babbitt
- Purdy, the grocer, a long-nosed man and solemn, seemed to care less for Babbitt and for Vision, but Babbitt met him at the street door of the office and guided him toward the private room with affectionate little cries of "This way, Brother Purdy!"†
Chpt 4solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- Paul and he shook hands solemnly; they smiled as shyly as though they had been parted three years, not three days—and they said: "How's the old horse-thief?"†
Chpt 5 *solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- With the solemn face of a devotee, breathing heavily through his open mouth, he plodded nightly through every picture, and during the rite he detested interruptions.†
Chpt 6solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- HE solemnly finished the last copy of the American Magazine, while his wife sighed, laid away her darning, and looked enviously at the lingerie designs in a women's magazine.†
Chpt 7solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- In the dimness the men were rather solemn and foolish, but the goodwives quivered and adored as they sat about the table.†
Chpt 9solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- They solemnly spat, one after the other, into the placid water.†
Chpt 11solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- He had come, in a mood of solemn parental patronage, to look on.†
Chpt 18solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- He tucked the book under his arm, he clumped down-stairs and solemnly began to read, under the piano-lamp: "A twilight like blue dust sifted into the shallow fold of the thickly wooded hills.†
Chpt 23solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- He clasped her, conscious of her smooth warmth, and solemnly he circled in a heavy version of the one-step.†
Chpt 23
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.