Constantine, the first Christian Emperor, took the important step of changing the capital from Rome to Byzantium, which he solemnly dedicated in 333 A.
It is the term in use to denote one of the most powerful and awe-inspiring modes of magic, resting on a belief in the mysterious power of words solemnly conceived and passionately uttered.
On July 25, when congressional debates over the foreign aid bill were in a critical stage, President Kennedy spoke to the nation on radio and television, solemnly warning the people that the Berlin situation was dangerous.
The chaplain was waiting when the bride arrived, and the words that made her Lord Medway's wife were solemnly said.
Cherie had watched him solemnly enough in the beginning, but when he caught her eye and dropped the egg something seemed to leap into her throat and strangle her.
I have," replied the doctor, solemnly, so solemnly that it chilled the ardent blood of the listener.
No, no; I solemnlypromise to keep perfectly quiet.
Then I solemnly promise never again to allude to the admiration with which I have regarded your matchless beauty, or to mention the love which now consumes my heart.
The president took off his spectacles, wiped them carefully with a spotless handkerchief, and sat solemnly down.
Finally, the whole party advanced to within a few paces of the hut and sat solemnly down, the old savage sticking his spear into the earth previously with great deliberation.
Because he is a dishonest man, a swindler--because I solemnly believe that he has been robbing me during the last three years, and squandering his stolen spoil at the gambling-table!
People are every now and then solemnly informed that it is unadvisable to practise cremation because it is supposed to militate against a belief in the resurrection.
I am sure he hath the most impudent look of all the men I know; and I solemnly declare, the very last time he was here he put me out of countenance more than once.
For my part, I never dropt an acquaintance with any one while it was reputable to keep it up; and I can solemnly declare I have not a friend in the world for whom I have a greater esteem than I have for Mrs. Booth.
I do solemnly declare, in all the times I have seen the poor man, he hath never once offered the least forwardness.
She solemnly vowed, by her child's bedside, to watch over his heart and soul, to guard his fine qualities like a priceless treasure, to see that no breath of evil should ever taint them.
I mention this fact to you; you can draw from it what inference you will: but I do solemnly believe that Gerald is innocent of any fraud towards you.
While he talked, Soot flew solemnly in and out of the open window and cawed remarks about the scenery while Nut and Shell made excursions into the big trees outside and ran up and down trunks and explored branches.
And it was not two minutes before he swallowed the last of his beer and waved his mug solemnly toward the window which took in through the shrubbery a piece of the lawn.
The Most High solemnlyinterdicted any man to show mercy to Canaan when the cup of her iniquity was full.
While they feel bound to withhold whatever might commend the prophet to the favourable regards of impartial men, they feel solemnly constrained to advertise the public of all rising heresies.
He kissed her lips, and promised solemnly that in future she should always know the truth.
The shadows were lengthening in the garden, and the little man was rather a pathetic figure as he sat there, solemnly shaking his head and muttering to himself.
He was singing to himself in a high cracked falsetto, and the hand that was not required to support him against the edge of the door was solemnly beating time to the tune.
It was late in the evening when Pringle appeared again, standing solemnly just within the cabin door.
Sich goin's on since you went out," said Mrs. Laws, nodding her head solemnly at the girl.
German repudiation of every engagement she solemnly took with us, as the initiatory power in the Hague convention, constitutes an unspeakable precedent, and makes us a deplorable figure.
How funnily solemn, orsolemnly funny, the little Goncourt Academy!
I solemnly protest I have added nothing to the malice or absurdity of them; which it behoves me to declare, since the vouchers themselves will be so soon and so irrecoverably lost.
It cometh from himself, who, to cut this matter short, hath solemnly protested that he will never change or amend.
He solemnly declared on oath that the statement of Roche was altogether false, and that he himself knew nothing at all of the transaction.
The squaws, who wear old shawls and skirts, sit solemnly smoking all the time; they nearly all carry on their backs papooses (babies) tied up tightly like little mummies.
There are gurgles and nudges from the lower end of the table, and I see you grow scarlet as the plate of tartlets is solemnly put in front of you.
He takes not the slightest notice, but solemnly sets his horse's head to the shore, and they splash away.
Over the waters, breaking at our feet, Quivered the moon, and lighted solemnly The scene before us.
Of prayerful men, most solemnly there stands One recollection, which, for pious hands Is ready like the Minster's sculptured vase, With holy water for each reverent face.
Some said: no steed gave forth that yell, And hinted solemnly of--hell!
He had but one course before him, and it was one which he had solemnly vowed never to adopt.
The two kings were moved by his recital to vow solemnly that they would permit the Jews to return to Palestine, and would grant them the use of the Temple vessels.
Before his death he admonished the people solemnly to be God-fearing and observant of the law.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "solemnly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: earnestly; grandly; gravely; grimly; heavily; loftily; nobly; sadly; seriously; soberly; solemnly
