Synonym: dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, grave, serious, somber. Antonym: frivolous. Similar words: solemnly, solemnity, sole, solely, console, insolence, obsolescence, condemn. Meaning: ['sɑləm /'sɒl-] adj. 1. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises 2. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions.
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61. More solemn shadows flared as he lit his pipe, the sound of the drawing air strained and high.
62. There was a short reading from the Quran and the solemn recitation of the Offer and Acceptance.
63. But a tonic for the solemn seriousness of the bloated music of the time.
64. Even if you hold some position of great authority, you don't have to be solemn all the time.
65. The occasion was a solemn one, and he wondered a little nervously how she would carry it off.
66. Hence peace-makings were solemn and formal occasions, committing groups of people to restraint.
67. And this can be as destructive to enjoyment and adventure as inflated claims or solemn incantations.
68. They sit quietly on the locker-room benches, their faces solemn, their eyes averted.
69. Could my fondness have kept you steady I should not now appear before you in this solemn manner.
70. What from the harbor looks solemn takes on a carnivalesque air when seen from a closer vantage point.
71. The solemn and deep tones in which these words were delivered have remained fixed in my memory.
72. Williams answered that he cared for no royal authority, since it all rested on a solemn public lie.
73. I gave her my most solemn word of honor that I loved her.
74. At that point, the solemn political discussion between Eleanor and young Joe ended abruptly, and Eleanor hurried off to bed.
75. Whether they knew George Pittendrigh or not they felt a need to be solemn, to show at least an awareness of mortality.
76. Solemn works printed on shirts suddenly become funny or ironic.
77. I don't want to go to school and learn solemn things. James Matthew Barrie
78. There was a solemn funeral attended by dignitaries from throughout the country.
79. It was simple and quaint and the terrain around them was solemn and rugged.
80. After this solemn function[Sentence dictionary], the body was placed above a side altar in a crystal urn.
81. He held out his hand to his junior master and composed his face into a solemn expression of trust.
82. So he was not half as earnest and solemn as she had thought him.
83. As the child subjected him to a solemn, no-nonsense appraisal, Ashley's heart began to hammer behind her ribs.
84. She was the glamorous, daring one-Muriel was the younger, timid, plump, solemn younger sister.
85. The solemn tone of this story is untypical of her usual style.
86. Your frivolity is out of place on such a solemn occasion.
87. The judge read the verdict in a clear and solemn voice.
88. It took a fright like that to make Peggy look solemn.
89. Chancery was the oldest and most solemn part of the whole apparatus.
90. Their hair was everywhere in the gusts: a solemn mercenary navy imported by a poor place.