All 6 Uses of
solemn
in
The Crucible
- PROCTOR: I mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not the smell of this "authority."†
p. 31.2solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- PROCTOR, with solemn warning: You will not judge me more, Elizabeth.
p. 54.6 *solemn = very serious
- HALE: God keep you both; let the third child be quickly baptized, and go you without fail each Sunday in to Sabbath prayer; and keep a solemn, quiet way among you.†
p. 70.7solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- The room is solemn, even forbidding.†
p. 83.2
- PARRIS: Excellency, she were under Tituba's power at that time, but she is solemn now.†
p. 104.7
- GILES: Aye, now she is solemn and goes to hang people!†
p. 104.8
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.