All 12 Uses of
grave
in
The Two Towers
- 'We go at once to Meduseld, the hall of your master, Theoden,' said Gandalf, addressing them gravely.†
Chpt 3.5gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- 'No, good sir, the matter escaped him,' answered Merry gravely 'He has been much occupied.†
Chpt 3.8
- Maybe, I have been saved by this hobbit from a grave blunder.
Chpt 3.11 *grave = serious and solemn
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- More like to the swift sons of Eorl than to the grave Men of Gondor he seemed to me, and likely to prove a great captain of his people when his time came.†
Chpt 3.2
- Grave and thoughtful was her glance, as she looked on the king with cool pity in her eyes.†
Chpt 3.6
- In a grave alone under the shadow of the Hornburg lay Hama, captain of the King's guard.†
Chpt 3.8
- The work of burial was then but beginning; and Theoden mourned for the loss of Hama, his captain, and cast the first earth upon his grave.†
Chpt 3.8
- His face was long, with a high forehead, he had deep darkling eyes, hard to fathom, though the look that they now bore was grave and benevolent, and a little weary.†
Chpt 3.10
- Remember Theodred at the Fords, and the grave of Hama in Helm's Deep!'†
Chpt 3.10
- Almost he yielded to the desire for help and counsel, to tell this grave young man, whose words seemed so wise and fair, all that was in his mind.†
Chpt 4.5
- But Faramir sat down again in his chair and began to laugh quietly, and then suddenly became grave again.†
Chpt 4.5 *
- Faramir stared at him for a moment in grave astonishment.†
Chpt 4.5
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) meaning too common or too 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