All 14 Uses of
grave
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- I asked her to go into the ladies' waiting room, but she informed me gravely that she preferred to stay outside.†
Chpt 2
- Anne knelt at Marilla's knee and looked up gravely.
Chpt 7 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- I told her I didn't, but I could recite, 'The Dog at His Master's Grave' if she liked.†
Chpt 11
- "I am well in body although considerable rumpled up in spirit, thank you ma'am," said Anne gravely.†
Chpt 12
- "We must join hands—so," said Anne gravely.†
Chpt 12
- And when Anne, dressed in her second best, as primly opened it, both little girls shook hands as gravely as if they had never met before.†
Chpt 16
- I thought you were desperately ill with smallpox and everybody deserted you, but I went boldly to your bedside and nursed you back to life; and then I took the smallpox and died and I was buried under those poplar trees in the graveyard and you planted a rosebush by my grave and watered it with your tears; and you never, never forgot the friend of your youth who sacrificed her life for you.†
Chpt 16
- They were buried in the one grave and their funeral was most imposing, Diana.†
Chpt 26
- You don't think much about romance when you have just escaped from a watery grave.†
Chpt 28
- Anne sat down on Marilla's gingham lap, took Marilla's lined face between her hands, and looked gravely and tenderly into Marilla's eyes.†
Chpt 34
- "Oh, Marilla," she said gravely.†
Chpt 37
- "I was down to the graveyard to plant a rosebush on Matthew's grave this afternoon," said Anne dreamily.†
Chpt 37
- It made me feel glad that I could plant it by his grave—as if I were doing something that must please him in taking it there to be near him.†
Chpt 37
- Anne went to the little Avonlea graveyard the next evening to put fresh flowers on Matthew's grave and water the Scotch rosebush.†
Chpt 38
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