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solemnityso‧lem‧ni‧ty /səˈlemnəti/ noun  - About this time, there was a family funeral - with all the mock solemnity and grandeur of a cockney day out.
- All around them the solemnity of other faces in mourning.
- An exception to this solemnity comes when Mr Raban breaks his own rule and allows stowaways on board.
- His solemnity contrasts with the calculating bustle of Ezra Cohen.
- Television has contributed to the steady decline of solemnity in the courtroom.
- The solemnity was heightened at the actual times of worship by the colourful splendour of clerical pomp.
- There was once astonishment, even savagery in his stories; now there was a gentle solemnity.
- This was a movie that many people took with grave solemnity, Stone most of all.
1[uncountable] the quality of being serious in behaviour or manner: the solemnity of a great religious occasion2solemnities [plural] the ceremonies of an important and serious occasion |