All 6 Uses of
grave
in
A Christmas Carol
- …time, when it has come round—apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.†
Chpt 1
- There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!†
Chpt 1
- The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.
Chpt 4 *gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)
- Still the Ghost pointed downward to the grave by which it stood.†
Chpt 4
- Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.†
Chpt 4
- The finger pointed from the grave to him, and back again.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(grave as in: Her manner was grave.) serious and/or solemnThe exact meaning of this sense of grave can depend upon its context. For example:
- "This is a grave problem," or "a situation of the utmost gravity." -- important, dangerous, or causing worry
- "She was in a grave mood upon returning from the funeral." -- sad or solemn
- "She looked me in the eye and gravely promised." -- in a sincere and serious manner