All 6 Uses
solemn
in
The Crucible
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- 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) 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.