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Solemn vs Stately - What's the difference?

solemn | stately |

As adjectives the difference between solemn and stately

is that solemn is deeply serious and somber while stately is of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.

As an adverb stately is

in a stately manner.

solemn

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deeply serious and somber.
  • Somberly impressive.
  • Performed with great ceremony.
  • Sacred.
  • Gloomy or sombre.

    • Derived terms

    * solemnity * solemnize * solemnly * solemnness

    Anagrams

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    stately

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
  • Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.
  • * 2010 , "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:
    • And much as they welcome his promise to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell”, they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.
  • Imposing; grand, impressive.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a stately manner.