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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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- He looked around, too, and watched as Lincoln "looked upon the people he loved and acknowledged [them] ...with a solemn bow."†
p. 31.6solemn = very serious--possibly dignified
- She was an actress, this was a theater, and it was Good Friday, the most solemn day on the Christian calendar.†
p. 73.8 *
- In Washington, on the morning of April 19, the most solemn day in the history of the nation began with the president's funeral.†
p. 140.7
Definitions:
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(solemn) in a very serious (and often dignified) manner
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(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.