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Definition
in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
- His typical routine was to hover over a corpse and solemnly pronounce, "Yep, he's dead."p. 524.5
- 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. 60.6
- Sistrunk and his partner, Kendrick Bost, walked through the bar and exchanged solemn greetings with their co-counsel, Mr. Buckley.p. 234.7
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