† solemnyadj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Solemn.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective]
solemna1340
ceremonial138.
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
solemnly1482
ceremonious1555
ritual1570
rituous1604
ceremonicala1627
liturgical1641
liturgic1656
Levitical1670
hierurgical1725
sacral1882
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]
seinec1330
sober1362
unfeastlyc1386
murec1390
unlaughter-milda1400
sadc1400
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
serious1440
solemnc1449
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
moy1487
demure1523
grave1549
staid1557
sage1564
sullen1583
weighty1602
solid1632
censoriousa1637
(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650
untriumphant1659
setc1660
agelastic1666
austere1667
humourless1671
unlaughing1737
smileless1740
untriflinga1743
untittering1749
steady1759
dun1797
antithalian1818
dreich1819
laughterless1825
unsmiling1826
laughless1827
unfestive1844
sober-sided1847
gleeless1850
unfarcical1850
mome1855
deedy1895
button-down1959
buttoned-down1960
straight-faced1975
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 1797 Bot a solempniere dedicacione for-sothe þer nas In Wylton neuer byfore þat day y-done.
1448–9 J. Metham Wks. (E.E.T.S.) 51 And euery man that he coude off myrth or pley Schuld schewe yt..this solempny day.
c1450 Godstow Reg. 489 That the fest of seynt Margarete myght be the more solempnyere and the more devoutly be halowed and honoured.
B. adv.
Solemnly. (Cf. solenny adv. at solennity n. Derivatives.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]
highlyOE
deeplyc1300
solemnlya1325
sadlya1375
soberly1382
demurelyc1400
sadc1400
seriouslyc1425
solemnya1470
murely1474
solemnedlyc1480
solenny1480
in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545
gravely1553
staidly1571
solemniouslya1578
solidly1632
in sad earnest1637
ponderously1637
in jest-earnest1642
in all seriousness1679
joking apart1745
unhumorously1768
solidly1799
in sober earnest1836
mirthlessly1853
votively1857
smilelessly1869
unmirthfully1872
unsmilingly1879
inhumorously1898
soberingly1923
straightfacedly1977
a1470 Contin. Brut 493 And in euery town by þe way he had solempny his Dirige on þe evyn, & masse on þe morne.
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1207 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 35 Þare solempni with honoure þai grathit for it a sepulture.
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