solemncholy

comparative more solemncholy · superlative most solemncholy

1. dialectalhumorousnonstandardsolemn; serious

   I wouldna deny it in front of such a number of sharp-eyed solemncholy gentlemen. I flung the stone that dropped Mr Crawford.

   1999, Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate

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   On the night of the 4th of February , Ailie wrote to her cousin elect— “This is the maddest, merriest Sunday which any one of these, your five solemncholy English friends have ever spent. […]

   1879, Kate Ross, A Sicilian Legacy, volume 2, page 230

   Synonyms: grave, staid, austere, frightful, demure, serious, grave, earnest