Nàxiē fángzi páiliè zhěngqí, yǎnrán yí gè xiǎo zhèn.
The houses stood in neat rows, looking just like a real town — 俨然.
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history
俨 rarely stands alone today; it lives almost only in 俨然 (solemnly; just like). Classically it meant dignified and grave, as in the line 望之俨然. It joins the person radical 亻 with 严 (strict), which carries both the sound and a flavor of sternness.
register
Literary and bound — modern use is essentially the fixed word 俨然.
