Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
solemness .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity.
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- noun The state or quality of being
solemn .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I mean, doesn't it change the -- or make the kind of solemnness of it even more
Press Briefing By Joe Lockhart ITY National Archives 2000
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She looked at me with her characteristic solemnness.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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She looked at me with her characteristic solemnness.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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She looked at me with her characteristic solemnness.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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She looked at me with her characteristic solemnness.
Good Fortune Noni Carter 2010
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With all the hustle and bustle of the big city, it was hard to feel the solemnness that must have been felt after the attack on the World Trade Center, yet we did pay our respects and prayed for all those who lost their lives when the terrorists attacked.
Archive 2009-07-05 Esther 2009
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And hyperbole would not be fictional and would not overstate the solemnness that I feel right now.
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With all the hustle and bustle of the big city, it was hard to feel the solemnness that must have been felt after the attack on the World Trade Center, yet we did pay our respects and prayed for all those who lost their lives when the terrorists attacked.
Our Day Trip/Pilgrimage to NYC Esther 2009
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And so we to look ever backward through dim Ages; and surely we gat presently from jests, unto solemnness; and the Maid to be nigh again unto tears.
The Night Land 2007
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A boy of about three, dressed in denim overalls and oversized sneakers, wandered up to the table; his eyes wide with solemnness, he offered Julia a sugar container.
Soul Learner_Tobsha 2006
hernesheir commented on the word solemnness
I like the -mnn- string within this word.
November 28, 2010
yarb commented on the word solemnness
Yes, in fact it's wonderful all around with the ole and the bookending esses.
November 29, 2010