All 3 Uses of
solemn
in
For Whom the Bell Tolls
- He'd certainly been solemn and gloomy with Golz.†
Chpt 1 *solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- He was essentially solemn and I had never known him when we were alone to laugh at anything.†
Chpt 14
- She saw the eyes closed and the solemn brown face and the curly black hair pushed back now from the forehead and she was sitting by him on the bed rubbing the legs, chafing the taut muscles of the calves, kneading them, loosening them, and then tapping them lightly with her folded hands, loosening the cramped muscles.†
Chpt 14
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.