All 3 Uses of
solemn
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Sycamore Row
- Traffic was steady throughout the afternoon as the neighbors and church members and other friends made the solemn trek to Seth's home to deliver food, to commiserate, but mainly to nail down the gossip that was raging through the northeastern edge of Ford County.†
p. 60.5solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- Sistrunk and his partner, Kendrick Bost, walked through the bar and exchanged solemn greetings with their co-counsel, Mr. Buckley.†
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- His typical routine was to hover over a corpse and solemnly pronounce, "Yep, he's dead."†
p. 524.5solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
Definitions:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
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(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.