SOLEMNLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solemnly mean? 

• SOLEMNLY (adverb)
  The adverb SOLEMNLY has 1 sense:

1. in a grave and sedate manner

  Familiarity information: SOLEMNLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLEMNLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a grave and sedate manner

Context example:

the judge sat there solemnly

Pertainym:

solemn (dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises)

 Context examples 

He stood up and said solemnly:—Then you are wrong. Oh, would it were so! but alas! no. It is worse, far, far worse.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Each of them shook me solemnly by the hand.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No, sir, I solemnly assure you to the contrary.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"I don't approve of the match, but I've made up my mind to bear it, and shall not say a word against it," said Jo solemnly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“Because I fear,” replied the lawyer solemnly. “God grant I have no cause for it!”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But the Indians remained solemnly to watch the working of the white man's law that compelled a man to dance upon the air.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“There is no saying, indeed,” replied Harriet rather solemnly.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“And you are Maud Brewster,” I said solemnly, gazing across at her.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Many, many circumstances," said Elinor, solemnly.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

And, as I ever wish to be believed, I solemnly protest that no syllable of such a nature ever passed between us.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)