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solemnly

adverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈsɒləmli//
  • United States//ˈsɑləmli//

In a solemn manner.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a solemn manner.

    And yet, though the happiness may be unenduring, what heart, though seared by time and worldly care, can fail to sympathise with those emotions of early life? In after years there are none such. They are the high noon of earthly joy. After them, life goes on decayingly and solemnly to its shadowy sunset.

Etymology

Etymology tree English solemn Middle English -ly English -ly English solemnly From solemn + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more solemnly
superlative
most solemnly
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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