as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with all the solemnness that the occasion requires
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Noun
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And hopefully, this early public investment will pay off big time as private companies find many commercial uses for low Earth orbit, such as zero-gravity hotels for space tourism or mini-factories for producing specialty materials.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025 -
In this case, the new, smaller black hole that formed from the collision shot through space at more than 31 miles per second – fast enough to escape its host galaxy and the surrounding globular cluster of stars bound together by gravity.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Any solemnity that might be engendered by the president accompanied by an official entourage to his private residence near the Spanish Steps is amusingly offset by the robot law enforcement dog leading the way.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Dressed in traditional wear and moving with a studied solemnity, the men remove evidence of Europe from the office.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
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For the Television Academy to recognize Hiller’s role in this show seems like a vote not just for a moving and intuitive performance, but also for earnestness.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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The earnestness with which chef-couple Sarah Cooper and Alan Hsu approach their vision makes Sun Moon Studio feel like a collaborative culinary experiment, a team project you’ve been invited to join in on.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Solemnness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solemnness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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