All 19 Uses of
grave
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- "He is all my art to me now," said the painter, gravely.†
Chpt 1
- "Still, the East End is a very important problem," remarked Sir Thomas, with a grave shake of the head.
Chpt 3grave = serious and solemn
- "But we have such grave responsibilities," ventured Mrs. Vandeleur, timidly.†
Chpt 3
- "Terribly grave," echoed Lady Agatha.†
Chpt 3
- "Then commit them over again," he said, gravely.†
Chpt 3
- Dorian Gray never took his gaze off him, but sat like one under a spell, smiles chasing each other over his lips, and wonder growing grave in his darkening eyes.†
Chpt 3
- "I should have said that whatever they ask for they had first given to us," murmured the lad, gravely.†
Chpt 6
- "It is quite true, Dorian," said Lord Henry, gravely.†
Chpt 8
- "I am so glad I have found you, Dorian," he said, gravely.†
Chpt 9
- You can talk to me of other women being charming, and of Patti singing divinely, before the girl you loved has even the quiet of a grave to sleep in?†
Chpt 9
- The fuming censers, that the grave boys, in their lace and scarlet, tossed into the air like great gilt flowers, had their subtle fascination for him.†
Chpt 11
- At another time he devoted himself entirely to music, and in a long latticed room, with a vermilion-and-gold ceiling and walls of olive-green lacquer, he used to give curious concerts, in which mad gypsies tore wild music from little zithers, or grave yellow-shawled Tunisians plucked at the strained strings of monstrous lutes, while grinning negroes beat monotonously upon copper drums, and, crouching upon scarlet mats, slim turbaned Indians blew through long pipes of reed or brass, and…†
Chpt 11
- "It is about yourself," answered Hallward, in his grave, deep voice, "and I must say it to you.†
Chpt 12
- "Yes," answered Hallward, gravely, and with deep-toned sorrow in his voice--"to see your soul."
Chpt 12 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- The rotting of a corpse in a watery grave was not so fearful.†
Chpt 13
- He read of the swallows that fly in and out of the little cafe at Smyrna where the Hadjis sit counting their amber beads and the turbaned merchants smoke their long tasselled pipes and talk gravely to each other; he read of the Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde that weeps tears of granite in its lonely sunless exile, and longs to be back by the hot lotus-covered Nile, where there are Sphinxes, and rose-red ibises, and white vultures with gilded claws, and crocodiles, with small beryl…†
Chpt 14
- Yes: that blind, slow-breathing thing crawled no more, and horrible thoughts, Time being dead, raced nimbly on in front, and dragged a hideous future from its grave, and showed it to him.†
Chpt 14
- How grave you are!†
Chpt 19
- James Vane was hidden in a nameless grave in Selby churchyard.†
Chpt 20
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