All 3 Uses of
solemn
in
The Devil's Arithmetic
- "I hear Reb Boruch is a solemn man," Gitl said carefully.
Chpt 4 *solemn = very serious
- Solemn!†
Chpt 4solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- The blokova and all the villagers from Viosk were dead, but among the living, besides Gitl, Yitzchak, and Rivka, were Leye and her baby, a solemn three-year-old.†
Chpt Epil.
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.