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Definition
in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
- Miss Rat-pup read the quote, nodding solemnly, and wrote underneath, The book of Luke.Book 1 — Genesis (64% in)
- I realized that Mama Mwanza had an extraordinarily pretty face, with wide-set eyes, a solemn mouth, and a high, rounded forehead under her kerchief.Book 3 — Judges (34% in)
- A solemn wishbone of eager, hungry people—that is how we might have appeared to the muntu dead and unborn who watched from above.Book 4 — Bel and the Serpent (47% in)
- It is the one solemn promise every life on earth is born and bound to keep.Book 4 — Bel and the Serpent (53% in)
- Mama Mwanza balanced the skillet on her head, since she needed her hands for walking, and solemnly led her family away from our funeral.Book 4 — Bel and the Serpent (94% in)
- Patrice came and sat on the floor by my chair, patting my leg with a little boy's solemn endurance.Book 5 — Exodus (97% in)
There are no more uses of "solemn" in The Poisonwood Bible.
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