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▪ I. † ˈsolemnly, a. Obs.—1 [-ly1.] Of a solemn or sacred character.
1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 106 Who ys he that wolde not ful gretly sorow to see so feire and so solemly a body to be caste under so grete iniuriis and sore peynys. ▪ II. solemnly, adv.|ˈsɒləmlɪ| Forms: α. 4 solemplike, -liche; 4–6 solemply (4 -lie, 5 -lye, sollemply); 4 solemliche, 6 -ly. β. 4 soll-, solempneliche; 4–6 solempnely (4 -lie, 5 -li), solempnly (6 -lie); 5–6 sollempn(e)ly. γ. 6 solemnelie, 6–7 -ly, 6– solemnly. [f. solemn a. + -ly2. Cf. OF. sollempnement, L. sollemniter, MDu. solem(p)nelic, -lijc.] In a solemn manner, in various senses of the adj.; ceremoniously, formally; gravely, seriously, etc. αa1300Cursor M. 6097 In mining sal ye hald þis dai,..Solemplike wit-in your lai. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 391 To brenne noble bodies whanne þey were dede, and kepe þe askes solempliche in solempne place. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 19 Solemplye [they] gan him conveye in dede Up into the chirche. 1473Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 172 The forsad Robert and Thomas..swur sollemply vpon the haly wangelis. 1535Coverdale Judith xvi. 26 The daye wherin this victory was gotten, was solemply holden. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV, 22 b, The kyng..was by the senate and magestrates solemply receyued. 1565Cooper Thes. s.v. Celebro, To bryng solemly to buriynge. βa1325MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 30 b, Þat te notes ant te fins..ben communeliche and sollempneliche i-radde. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 15401 He was byried ful solempnely. 1390Gower Conf. III. 329 The hihe festes of Neptune..Sollempneliche thei besihe. c1449Pecock Repr. iv. iv. 445 To whom Poul wrote more in quantite and more solempneli and oftir. 1470–85Malory Arthur viii. xxxvi. 328 They were wedded and solempnly held theyr maryage. 1513More Hist. Rich. III, Wks. 60/1 She was solempnely sworne to say the trouth. 1587Greene Euphues Wks. (Grosart) VI. 177 Being sollempnly set in a coole Arbour. γ1556Robinson More's Utopia ii. (Arb.) 134 After that warre is ones solemnelie denounced. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 170 b, I founde of late..an Owle sitting solemnly in the nest. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Epid. 239 Eve..was not solemnly begotten, but suddenly framed. 1671Milton Samson 1731 To fetch him hence and solemnly attend With silent obsequie. 1716Lady M. W. Montagu Lett. I. iii. 12 The thick shade of the trees..is solemnly delightful. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. i, I solemnly protest I had no hand in it. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam v. xli, Solemnly and slow..the wind bore that tumult to and fro. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 507 The right of the people to resist oppression..had been solemnly recognised by the Estates of the realm. 1874Green Short Hist. vi. §5. 315 Luther's works were solemnly burnt in St. Paul's. |