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[ adjective ] marked by pomp or ceremony or formality
Synonyms Examples "a ceremonial occasion" "ceremonial garb" Used in print (Chester G. Starr, The Origins of Greek Civili...)Wavy lines , feather like patterns , rosettes of indefinitely floral nature , birds either singly or in stylized rows , animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) - all these turned_up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the potters were broadening their gaze . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
Examples "a grave God-fearing man" "a quiet sedate nature" "as sober as a judge" "a solemn promise" "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)The car was just about to us , its driver 's fat , solemn face intent on the road ahead , on business , on a family in Sante_Fe - on anything but an old pick-up truck in which two human_beings desperately needed rescue . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch
Synonyms Examples "choreography that was sobersided and sententious" "a play with a sobersided social message" Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)It also overlooks the fact that in a rational lexicon , and quite clearly in More 's lexicon , the opposite of serious is not gay but frivolous , and the opposite of gay is not serious but solemn . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
Synonyms Examples "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate" "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant" "a film with a solemn social message" Related terms |
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