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grave
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grave as in:  Her manner was grave.

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    "How may I prove myself to you?" His voice was grave.  (source)
    grave = serious and solemn
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    Mama was grave. Her plump figure glowed with worry.  (source)
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    The corners of his mouth tug down, and he gives me a grave look.  (source)
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    Dr. Cruz smiled and shook the little girl's hand gravely.  (source)
    gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
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    Ember was in grave danger.  (source)
    grave = serious
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    You were in gravest peril while you wore the Ring,  (source)
    gravest = most serious
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    But the pilot, to his credit, appreciated the gravity of my predicament and didn't give up.  (source)
    gravity = importance (weightiness)
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    Nick had a graveness that was European in a way.†  (source)
    graveness = the degree of seriousness
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    Roy's mother looked gravely at Roy's father, then fixed her gaze upon the policeman.  (source)
    gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
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    Dumbledore was looking unusually grave.  (source)
    grave = serious and solemn
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    She was quite concerned at how many Canadian authors were on our reading lists; because she'd not read them, she suspected them of the gravest parochialism.†  (source)
    gravest = most important or most serious
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    How do people choose their final words? Do they realize their gravity?  (source)
    gravity = importance (weightiness)
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    A graveness, a spirit of old secrets gone bad, turned unworthy.†  (source)
    graveness = the degree of seriousness
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common meaning

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    Unless Sam Westing is out to get somebody from his grave.  (source)
    grave = burial spot
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    Then he read the title, with concentration, aloud: "The Grave Digger's Handbook."  (source)
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    It was easy to find his grave: It was the newest.  (source)
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    Then I realized it must be Kira Morrow's grave.  (source)
    grave = burial spot
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    When the other girls crouched to slap the stage, I tilted; when we were to cartwheel, I swayed, refusing to allow gravity to do its work, to draw the sweatshirt any higher up my legs.  (source)
    gravity = the force that makes things fall
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    He felt like he was digging his own grave.  (source)
    grave = burial spot
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    …his whole body hanging between river and sky as though he had transcended gravity and might by gently pushing upward with his foot glide a little way higher and remain suspended in space, encompassing all the glory of the summer and offering it to the sky.  (source)
    gravity = the force that makes things fall
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    It was May who taught me the honey song: Place a beehive on my grave and let the honey soak through.  (source)
    grave = burial spot
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    All of a sudden, I realized the gravity of the situation.†  (source)
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    Mr. Maverick said it only leads to two things, the grave or prison, and I ain't trying to see either.  (source)
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    The days of using a shopping cart as a go-cart, pushing it to the top of a hill, and letting gravity pull them down to the bottom were over.†  (source)
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    But the tunnel was quiet as the grave, and the first unexpected sound they heard was a loud crunch as Ron stepped on what turned out to be a rat's skull.  (source)
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    The gravity of the situation again makes it difficult to breathe.†  (source)
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