All 17 Uses of
grave
in
A Room With A View
- Gravely displeased, he turned to go.†
Chpt 1
- Some of the people can only see the empty grave, not the saint, whoever he is, going up.†
Chpt 2
- Her two companions looked grave.†
Chpt 3
- "It is indeed," replied the girl, with a gravity that sounded sympathetic.†
Chpt 5
- Persephone, who spends half her life in the grave--she could interpret it also.†
Chpt 7
- "I can't think," said Lucy gravely.†
Chpt 7
- The faults of Mary--I forget the faults of Mary, but they are very grave.†
Chpt 8
- "She has none," said the young man, with grave sincerity.†
Chpt 8
- I want to invoke every kind of blessing on them, grave and gay, great and small.†
Chpt 8
- She smiled gravely.†
Chpt 9
- At last she spoke, and with fitting gravity.†
Chpt 9
- "I must go," she said gravely.†
Chpt 10
- It broke; it was resumed broken, not marching once from the cradle to the grave.†
Chpt 11
- A grave voice replied, "Hullo!"
Chpt 12 *grave = serious and solemn
- George attended gravely, assenting or dissenting with slight but determined gestures that were as inexplicable as the motions of the tree-tops above their heads.†
Chpt 12
- Mrs. Honeychurch, with more gravity than usual, and with more feeling than she usually permitted herself, replied: "This isn't very kind of you two.†
Chpt 13
- Then his words rose gravely over hers: "You cannot live with Vyse.†
Chpt 16
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