All 12 Uses of
grave
in
The Return of the King
- Beregond looked at him gravely.†
Chpt 5.1gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- To his face men were gravely courteous, saluting him after the manner of Gondor with bowed head and hands upon the breast; but behind him he heard many calls, as those out of doors cried to others within to come and see the Prince of the Halflings, the companion of Mithrandir.†
Chpt 5.1
- ...in the Houses of Healing, where only the gravely hurt or sick are tended.
Chpt 5.8 *gravely = seriously
- 'Lose what you have found, lord?' she answered; but she looked at him gravely and her eyes were kind.†
Chpt 6.5gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- Elrond greeted them gravely and graciously, and Galadriel smiled upon them.†
Chpt 6.9
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- A grave peril I saw coming unlooked-for upon Gondor from the South that will draw off great strength from the defence of Minas Tirith.†
Chpt 5.2
- Proud and grave he stood for a moment as he spoke to the guard, and Pippin gazing at him saw how closely he resembled his brother Boromir — whom Pippin had liked from the first, admiring the great man's lordly but kindly manner.†
Chpt 5.4
- And afterwards when all was over men returned and made a fire there and burned the carcase of the beast; but for Snowmane they dug a grave and set up a stone upon which was carved in the tongues of Gondor and the Mark: Faithful servant yet master's bane Lightfoot's foal, swift Snowmane.†
Chpt 5.6
- But Gandalf's face was grave and sad, and bidding Beregond and Pippin to take Faramir into the Houses of Healing, he went up on to the walls nearby; and there like a figure carven in white he stood in the new sun and looked out.†
Chpt 5.7
- For the faces of Aragorn and Gandalf are grave.†
Chpt 5.9
- And she looked at him and saw the grave tenderness in his eyes, and yet knew, for she was bred among men of war, that here was one whom no Rider of the Mark would outmatch in battle.†
Chpt 6.5
- The fallen hobbits were laid together in a grave on the hill-side, where later a great stone was set up with a garden about it.†
Chpt 6.8 *
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