SOLEMN
\sˈɒləm], \sˈɒləm], \s_ˈɒ_l_ə_m]\
Definitions of SOLEMN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"
By Princeton University
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characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Stately; ceremonious; grand.
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Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.
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Real; earnest; downright.
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Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.
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Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.
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Solemnness.
By Oddity Software
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Solemnness.
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Attended with sacred rites or ceremonies; as, a solemn feast-day; inspiring awe or fear; serious.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Solemnness.
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Taking place every year, said especially of religious ceremonies: attended with religious ceremonies, pomp, or gravity: impressing with seriousness: awful: devout: having the appearance of gravity: devotional: attended with an appeal to God, as an oath: serious.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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