sadness seriousness:
“In good sadness,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, iii.
5. 109
; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, v.
2. 63;
“the sadness of my suit,”
3 HENRY VI., iii. 2. 77
;
“Tell me in sadness,”
ROMEO AND JULIET, i. 1.
197.