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(Solem(p)nly,) Solemnly, Solemply, adv. Also: solemnlie, solemly, -lie, solemelie, solemnely, -lie, solemnilie, sollemply, solemple, solempnal(l)ie, solempnely, -lie, solemenlie, solemptlie, solemmtly(e, -lie. [ME solemplike (Cursor M.), solempnely (Manning), solemplye (c1430), solempneli (c1449), -liche (Trevisa), e.m.E. solempnly (Malory), solemnly (1577), etc.; Solem(p)n(e adj.] = Solem(p)nitly adv.

1. With due formality or ritual, ceremoniously. = Solem(p)nitly adv. 1. c1420 Wynt. vii 608.
In the Kyrk off Dwnfermlyne Solemply he wes enteryd syne c1475 Wall. viii 655.
Wald Wallace grant thar till, To croun him king solemply for a day 1552 Soc. Ant. II 411.
The said Nicolas Ramsay sall solemply matrimony and to his wyf have the said Cristiane 1639 Fraser Hist. Laurencekirk 61.
[Parliament was] solemlie riddin c1646 Craufurd Edinb. Univ. fol. 58.
The 47. classe … were solemnely manumitted in the lower hall of the colledge

2. Of swearing an oath, or being placed (also, questioned) under oath (in court); of pronouncing a curse, vowing, promising, protesting, etc.: In a formal manner, seriously, deliberately, so as to be judicially or morally binding. = Solem(p)nitly adv. 2.The instances of solemmtly(e, -lie in (b) below may simply represent editorial misreadings of solemnit- Solem(p)nitly adv.(a) c1420 Wynt. v 4056.
This Pape Innocent This Empryowr in till gret hy He cwrsyd hym solemply 1473 Reg. Cupar A. I 172.
[They] swur sollemply vpon the haly wangelis … at tha suld kepe al the punctis lelaly 1489 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 545A.
And protestis solemly that this forsaid intrusione callit sessing turne me na my aieris to na preuidice in tyme to cum 1494 Loutfut MS 111a.
Solemptly a1546 St. A. Formulare II 104.
Our haly modere the kirk … sweris heir solemptlie be the haly Trinite … that [etc.] 1549 St. A. Baxter Bks. 5.
The aicht being maid solemplie be the said Duncane 1550 Elgin Rec. I 104.
Solemple 1567 Digest Justiciary Proc. F 47.
Solempnalie a1578 Pitsc. I 85/3.
Promittand solemnlie newer to committ so great offence in tyme comming 1596 Dalr. I 81/17.
Sum of thame … quhen thay sueir that aith, than thay think that thay surelie, solemlie and halylie haue suorne 1597 Paisley B. Rec. 199.
Solempnallie 1600 Aberd. Council Lett. I 88.
Manifald atestatiounis in parliament secreitlie taine and solemnilie sworne 1623 Perth Kirk S. MS 14 May.
Neuertheles the said Harye and his wyff did sueir solemplie that the ill they gat was done be the said Margaret 1625 Justiciary Cases I 19.
Solemlie 1629 St. A. Baxter Bks. 91.
Solemptlie 1631 Justiciary Cases I 159.
The pannell being … solempnelie suorne, and now as it is reformet sayis being solempnelie examinat 1687 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 10 May.
And that this is my unalterable free and ingenuous latter will and testament I do solemnlie declare 1698 Penninghame Par. Rec. I 23.
I … in the presence of the heart-searching God and before this congregation solemnly swear [etc.](b) 1515 Fife Sheriff Ct. 4.
Solemmtlie 1519 Fife Sheriff Ct. 162.
Solemmtly 1519 Fife Sheriff Ct. 163.
Solemmtlye

b. Of various actions: In a lawful manner; with due observation of legal requirements. 1393 Reg. Morton II 193.
And al thir lelily and solemly to be kept skaithles fra … Sir Williame 1549 Lamb Resonyng 125/12.
Giffe this surrendering and confiscatioun wes solemplie done, quhy insert ȝe nocht the instrument thairof 1585–6 Linlithgow B. Ct. 4 Feb.
Thomas [? Githill] procuratour lawfullie and solempnelie constitute to the said Thomas 1601 Elgin Rec. II 96.
The names of the elderis of the burgh of Elgin being proclamit the secund tyme and no mane objectand wer solempnlie and publictlie electit

3. Qualifying the verb to kepe, in senses 4 a, 4 c and 10 c of Kepe v.: With due gravity, respect or reverence. Cf. Solem(p)nitly adv. 3.(1) 1638 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 60.
This dayet of counsaile was appoynted to be keipt solemly(2) 1645 Alyth Par. Ch. 77.
[Thursday, 3^rd July, being a general fast, was] solemnlie keiped 1650 Nicoll Diary 6.
This fast wes concludit by the Kirk and Stait to be solemlie keipit 1663 Inverness Rec. II 215.
[The king's] … birth day … wes to be solemenlie keiped on the tuentie nynt day of this instant moneth(3) 1596 Dalr. I 224/1.
King Aarthures round table … is solemnelie keiped, perpetuallie to be remembered of, in the castel of Wintoune

4. a. Of singing (an anthem, psalm) in church: Devoutly, with reverence. b. Of reading aloud or proclaiming: Formally; in a dignified or elevated manner. Cf. Solem(p)nitly adv. 4.a. 1489 Grey Friars II 128.
[To] sing efter Compline, … solemptly, this anthem of Our Lady 15.. Clar. iv 2415.
Ane psalme [full] solemelie they sangb. 1650 Nicoll Diary 3.
Quhilk answer … wes solemplie proclamit and publeist at the mercat croce of Edinburgh by ane maisser and sound of many trumpettis