All 19 Uses of
grave
in
Anna Karenina
- And he shook his head disapprovingly, as though he had grave doubts whether this game were worth the candle.†
Part 2
- The Englishman looked gravely at him; and, as though he, too, knew where Vronsky was going, he added: "The great thing's to keep quiet before a race," said he; "don't get out of temper or upset about anything."†
Part 2
- "He is so happy, so absorbed in his races that he won't understand as he ought, he won't understand all the gravity of this fact to us."†
Part 2
- "Yes, I shan't be able to forgive him if he does not realize all the gravity of it.†
Part 2
- "Yes, he realizes all the gravity of it," she thought, and gratefully she pressed his hand.†
Part 2
- But she was mistaken in thinking he realized the gravity of the fact as she, a woman, realized it.†
Part 2
- After his departure, he had to finish the daily routine of business with his secretary, and then he still had to drive round to call on a certain great personage on a matter of grave and serious import.
Part 2 *grave = serious and solemn
- But this interview was still of the utmost gravity for her.†
Part 3
- You are at this moment just in the humor to appreciate all its gravity.†
Part 5
- There was an interval of hesitation, whispering, and smiles; but the expression of solemn emotion on the faces of the betrothed pair did not change: on the contrary, in their perplexity over their hands they looked more grave and deeply moved than before, and the smile with which Stepan Arkadyevitch whispered to them that now they would each put on their own ring died away on his lips.†
Part 5
- He went on with his work, but he felt now that the center of gravity of his attention had passed to something else, and that consequently he looked at his work quite differently and more clearly.†
Part 5
- "And, at a moment of such gravity for me, she only thinks of her being dull by herself," thought Levin.†
Part 5
- And this lack of candor in a matter of such gravity infuriated him.†
Part 5
- Levin expected something of peculiar gravity and importance from the expression of his face, but Nikolay began speaking of his health.†
Part 5
- I must talk with you of a grave and painful subject.
Part 5grave = serious and solemn
- In her voice, as in her eyes, there was that softness and gravity which is found in people continually concentrated on some cherished pursuit.†
Part 6
- And the doctor's face was so grave as he said it that Levin took the end as meaning her death.
Part 7grave = serious and solemn
- And this is an abuse of great gravity in itself, and one that reacts injuriously on the government service.†
Part 7
- _ But I as a believer cannot, in a matter of such gravity, act in opposition to the Christian law.†
Part 7
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