正经地 meaning in English

canonically
earnestly

Laughing for a while , they went on burying the fallen flowers
笑了一会，这才正经地去掩埋残花。
His flippancy makes it difficult to have a decent conversation with him
他玩世不恭,很难正经地和他交谈
The fox replied , “ i learnt it from the death of the donkey
狐狸正经地回答道：这种分配的方法，我是从亲眼目睹驴子的死亡学来的。
At the council in maley yaroslavets , when the french generals , affecting to be deliberating , gave various opinions as to what was to be done , the opinion of the blunt soldier , mouton , who said what all were thinking , that the only thing to do was to get away as quickly as possible , closed every ones mouth ; and no one , not even napoleon , could say anything in opposition to this truth that all recognised
正因为这样，在小雅罗斯拉维茨会次上，将军们假装正经地商议，发表各种意见，憨直的军人穆顿说出了大家想说的话只有尽快逃跑，他这个最后的意见一下堵住了大家的嘴，没有人，甚至拿破仑，都说不出什么来反对这个大家都已经意识到了的真理。