All 8 Uses of
solemn
in
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- They felt very glad, but also solemn.†
Chpt 10
- And Lucy felt running through her that deep shiver of gladness which you only get if you are being solemn and still.†
Chpt 10
- Peter was silent and solemn as he received these gifts, for he felt they were a very serious kind of present.
Chpt 10 *solemn = serious and dignified
- For when they tried to look at Aslan's face they just caught a glimpse of the golden mane and the great, royal, solemn, overwhelming eyes; and then they found they couldn't look at him and went all trembly.†
Chpt 12
- And you are riding not on a road nor in a park nor even on the downs, but right across Narnia, in spring, down solemn avenues of beech and across sunny glades of oak, through wild orchards of snow-white cherry trees, past roaring waterfalls and mossy rocks and echoing caverns, up windy slopes alight with gorse bushes, and across the shoulders of heathery mountains and along giddy ridges and down, down, down again into wild valleys and out into acres of blue flowers.†
Chpt 15
- This time he managed to get it but it was only about the same size to him that a saccharine tablet would be to you, so that when she saw him solemnly rubbing it to and fro across his great red face, she said, "I'm afraid it's not much use to you, Mr Rumblebuffin."†
Chpt 16
- But next day was more solemn.†
Chpt 17
- For then, in the Great Hall of Cair Paravel — that wonderful hall with the ivory roof and the west wall hung with peacock's feathers and the eastern door which looks towards the sea, in the presence of all their friends and to the sound of trumpets, Aslan solemnly crowned them and led them to the four thrones amid deafening shouts of, "Long Live King Peter!†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner