solemn
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,825 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,939 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises also: grave, sedate, sober a grave God-fearing mana quiet sedate nature
- characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions also: earnest, sincere both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionatean entirely sincere and cruel tyrant
solemn in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Though flushed with his bargain, Fred was also feeling rather solemn.
The High School Boys' Canoe Club · H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock · Chapter 1
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They are born predestined; solemn voices announce their coming, and their mothers have marvellous dreams about them.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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But Ralph, though having an inclination to convivial pleasures, was naturally of a serious, even of a solemn temperament.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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And solemn meeting, summer sky and wood, Old kindly faces, youth and maidenhood Seemed, like God's new creation, very good!
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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And when the solemn and deep churchbell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the spell, The shadows sweep away.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1