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solemn
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Bridge to Terabithia
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- He nodded, and without speaking, they went back to the creek bank where they shared together a solemn meal of crackers and dried fruit.†
p. 71.9solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- Leslie solemnly crossed her heart.†
p. 75.6 *solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- May Belle was watching him with her big, solemn eyes.†
p. 94.3solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- Leslie controlled her giggle, closed her eyes, and solemnly opened her mouth.†
p. 121.8solemnly = with seriousness and dignity
- "0 Spirits of the grove," she began solemnly.†
p. 137.3
- The solemn procession wound its way through the sacred grove homeward to the castle.†
p. 179.6solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- She shook her head a solemn no.†
p. 182.9
- Not Billy Jean, not Joyce Ann, not Momma—" She was jerking her head back and forth in solemn emphasis.†
p. 190.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
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(2)
(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.