All 10 Uses of
solemn
in
Grendel
- The boy observes him, tall and solemn, twelve years older than the night he first crept in with his stone-eyed master.†
Chpt 4solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- The harp turned solemn.†
Chpt 4
- like an old drunk preparing a solemn face for court.
Chpt 5 *solemn = serious and dignified
- The boy sits solemn and hears the harp behind closed eyes.†
Chpt 8solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- "We are pleased with you, Ork," I say, voice very solemn.†
Chpt 9
- At the house of the Shaper, people come and go, solemn faced, treading softly, their heads bowed and their hands folded for fear of sending dreadful apparitions through his dreams.†
Chpt 10
- The people listen silent and solemn to the old Shaper's song on the young man's lips, and the pyre where the old man lies stands waiting for fire.†
Chpt 10
- He and his company went on, their weapons clinking, chain-mail jangling, solemn and ominous as drums.†
Chpt 11
- The king presided, solemn and irritable.†
Chpt 11
- Solemn, humorless despite the slightly ironic smile, he suddenly cut deep—yet with the same mildness, the same almost inhuman indifference except for the pale flash of fire in his eyes.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
in a very serious (and often dignified) manner