Solemnity

(n.) A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament.

(n.) ceremony adapted to impress with awe.

(n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.

(n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness.

(n.) Solemn state or feeling; awe or reverence; also, that which produces such a feeling; as, the solemnity of an audience; the solemnity of Westminster Abbey.

(n.) A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid.

手打:波莱特

• Helena, remarked Maurice, with mock solemnity, taking her hands, look at me carefully. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Mr. Farebrother seemed to wait for a recognition of the fact; and the emotion perceptible in the tones of his fine voice gave solemnity to his words. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He then said with much solemnity: 'One thing more I have to do, before this separation is complete, and that is to perform an act of justice. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Billy's face was wide and grinning, but there was a great solemnity of being good in his round blue eyes. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Miss Lavvy replied with solemnity, 'No, dearest George, I am but too well aware that I am merely human. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I must entreat Miss _Julia_ Bertram, said he, not to engage in the part of Agatha, or it will be the ruin of all my solemnity. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• At seven o'clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Pardon me,' returned Mrs Wilfer, with dreadful solemnity, 'but I had not finished. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Bumble, catching at the inquiry very quickly, shook his head with portentous solemnity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Dining with the van der Luydens was at best no light matter, and dining there with a Duke who was their cousin was almost a religious solemnity. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, Behold! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Selden looked at her with solemnity. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I can't wear my solemnity too often, else it will go to rags. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• How poor, and cheap, and trivial these gew-gaws seemed in presence of the solemnity, the grandeur, the awful majesty of Death! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• This faith gives a solemnity to his reveries that render them to me almost as imposing and interesting as truth. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• The Church gave her full solemnities, graced with all the splendour which she of Rome knows how to apply with such brilliant effect. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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