solemnitynoun
uk/səˈlem.nə.ti/us/səˈlem.nə.t̬i/[ U ] also solemnness, the quality of being serious:
the solemnity of a funeral service
solemnities [ plural ]
the ways of behaving or the activities that are considered suitable for a serious, formal, social ceremony, such as a funeral
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Lacking humour
- be no laughing matter idiom
- beyond
- beyond a joke idiom
- earnest
- humourless
- laugh
- lightly
- mirthless
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- rofl
- serious
- seriously
- sober
- solemn
- starchily
- starchy
- take a joke idiom
- turgid
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