All 6 Uses of
solemn
in
Obasan
- The woman in the aisle seat opposite us leans over and whispers to Obasan with a solemn nodding of her head and a flicker of her eyes indicating the young woman.†
Chpt 15solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- "You can keep it," I say solemnly.†
Chpt 15solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- Why then the solemnness?†
Chpt 18solemnness = seriousness
- Hesitant as a spring robin, Stephen stands and hops, hops to the kitchen table, where Uncle is sipping a mug of tea and watching him solemnly.†
Chpt 19solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- Six hundred and seventy solemn-faced Japanese … sailed out of Vancouver Friday night bound for the "land of the rising sun."
Chpt 27 *solemn = serious (not cheerful or smiling)
- Solemnness was written in their faces; only indifference they showed.†
Chpt 27solemnness = seriousness
Definition:
in a very serious (and often dignified) manner