All 41 Uses of
grave
in
Jane Eyre
- She stood at the bottom of the long room, on the hearth; for there was a fire at each end; she surveyed the two rows of girls silently and gravely.†
p. 56.8gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake it for sense.
p. 162.5 *grave = serious and solemn
- He listened very gravely; his face, as I went on, expressed more concern than astonishment; he did not immediately speak when I had concluded.†
p. 175.3gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- "Some natural tears she shed" on being told this; but as I began to look very grave, she consented at last to wipe them.
p. 194.3grave = serious and solemn
- Then the importance of the process quickly steadied her, and by the time she had her curls arranged in well-smoothed, drooping clusters, her pink satin frock put on, her long sash tied, and her lace mittens adjusted, she looked as grave as any judge.
p. 197.9
- I told her something on that point about an hour ago which made her look wondrous grave: the corners of her mouth fell half an inch.
p. 232.2
- What does that grave smile signify?
p. 235.1
- "They don't look grave and mysterious, as if they had heard something strange?"
p. 236.8
- I followed with lagging step, and thoughts busily bent on discovering a means of extrication; but he himself looked so composed and so grave also, I became ashamed of feeling any confusion: the evil — if evil existent or prospective there was — seemed to lie with me only; his mind was unconscious and quiet.
p. 288.6
- Mrs. Fairfax surprised me by looking out of the window with a sad countenance, and saying gravely — "Miss Eyre, will you come to breakfast?"†
p. 297.9gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- And THIS is what I wished to have" (laying his hand on my shoulder): "this young girl, who stands so grave and quiet at the mouth of hell, looking collectedly at the gambols of a demon, I wanted her just as a change after that fierce ragout.
p. 339.3grave = serious and solemn
- I did not know it, even when, on the occasion of Mesrour's accident, it came up and gravely offered me help.†
p. 360.5gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- I maintained a grave silence for some minutes.
p. 393.5grave = serious and solemn
- "Something passed her, all dressed in white, and vanished" — "A great black dog behind him" — "Three loud raps on the chamber door" — "A light in the churchyard just over his grave," &c.†
p. 24.9
- The first was a tall lady with dark hair, dark eyes, and a pale and large forehead; her figure was partly enveloped in a shawl, her countenance was grave, her bearing erect.†
p. 52.1
- I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed: composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes.†
p. 61.9
- At the utterance of Miss Temple's name, a soft smile flitted over her grave face.†
p. 67.5
- This done, I lingered yet a little longer: the flowers smelt so sweet as the dew fell; it was such a pleasant evening, so serene, so warm; the still glowing west promised so fairly another fine day on the morrow; the moon rose with such majesty in the grave east.†
p. 94.5
- Her grave is in Brocklebridge churchyard: for fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound; but now a grey marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the word "Resurgam."†
p. 98.8
- Instead, all alone, sitting upright on the rug, and gazing with gravity at the blaze, I beheld a great black and white long-haired dog, just like the Gytrash of the lane.†
p. 138.4
- there is something singular about you," said he: "you have the air of a little nonnette; quaint, quiet, grave, and simple, as you sit with your hands before you, and your eyes generally bent on the carpet (except, by-the-bye, when they are directed piercingly to my face; as just now, for instance); and when one asks you a question, or makes a remark to which you are obliged to reply, you rap out a round rejoinder, which, if not blunt, is at least brusque.†
p. 154.2
- But the last singularity explains the first, as I intimated once before: you, with your gravity, considerateness, and caution were made to be the recipient of secrets.†
p. 168.5
- You are not to suppose, reader, that Adele has all this time been sitting motionless on the stool at my feet: no; when the ladies entered, she rose, advanced to meet them, made a stately reverence, and said with gravity — "Bon jour, mesdames."†
p. 201.7
- "Little friend," said he, in quite a changed tone — while his face changed too, losing all its softness and gravity, and becoming harsh and sarcastic — "you have noticed my tender penchant for Miss Ingram: don't you think if I married her she would regenerate me with a vengeance?"†
p. 253.3
- I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh; — it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal, — as we are!†
p. 292.9
- When I looked up, on leaving his arms, there stood the widow, pale, grave, and amazed.†
p. 296.5
- I remember something, too, of the green grave-mounds; and I have not forgotten, either, two figures of strangers straying amongst the low hillocks and reading the mementoes graven on the few mossy head-stones.†
p. 332.7
- You are looking grave.†
p. 360.3
- He who is taken out to pass through a fair scene to the scaffold, thinks not of the flowers that smile on his road, but of the block and axe-edge; of the disseverment of bone and vein; of the grave gaping at the end: and I thought of drear flight and homeless wandering — and oh!†
p. 369.6
- And far better that crows and ravens — if any ravens there be in these regions — should pick my flesh from my bones, than that they should be prisoned in a workhouse coffin and moulder in a pauper's grave.†
p. 380.1
- I cannot call them handsome — they were too pale and grave for the word: as they each bent over a book, they looked thoughtful almost to severity.†
p. 382.2
- She wiped her eyes with her apron: the two girls, grave before, looked sad now.†
p. 383.9
- A dog — old Carlo, Mr. Rivers' pointer, as I saw in a moment — was pushing the gate with his nose, and St. John himself leant upon it with folded arms; his brow knit, his gaze, grave almost to displeasure, fixed on me.†
p. 415.7
- As he stood, mute and grave, she again fell to caressing Carlo.†
p. 419.9
- I have seen their grave; it formed part of the pavement of a huge churchyard surrounding the grim, soot-black old cathedral of an overgrown manufacturing town in —shire.†
p. 438.4
- at hearing one has got a fortune; one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.†
p. 441.4
- He looked grave.†
p. 450.2
- He never omitted the ceremony afterwards, and the gravity and quiescence with which I underwent it, seemed to invest it for him with a certain charm.†
p. 460.0
- And how will the interval between leaving England for India, and India for the grave, be filled?†
p. 466.7
- Since he was not in the grave, I could bear, I thought, to learn that he was at the Antipodes.†
p. 491.1
- "She had better not wait till then, Jane," said Mr. Rochester, when I read her letter to him; "if she does, she will be too late, for our honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine."†
p. 518.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Better known meanings of grave and gravity:Less common meanings of grave:
- grave -- a place where a dead body is buried
- gravity -- in the sense of physics to refer to the force of attraction between all masses in the universe--especially the force that causes things to fall toward the earth
- death -- as in "A message from beyond the grave."
- describing a color as dark
- to sculpt with a chisel
- to clean and coat the bottom of a wooden ship with pitch
- grave accent -- a punctuation mark (`) that is used in some non-English languages, and that is placed over some letters of the alphabet to tell how they are pronounced.
- grave musical direction -- in a slow and solemn manner