All 5 Uses of
grave
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Suddenly his effusive manner collapses, as she stares at him gravely.
Scene 2.2 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- Stella I Stella [who has listened gravely to Blanche]: Stanley I Blanche: Stell, I — [But Stella has gone to the front door.†
Scene 3.4
- [Blanche looks at him gravely; then she bursts into laughter and then claps a hand to her mouth.†
Scene 3.6
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Chance: I wish you would give me one reason why I shouldn't come back to visit the grave of my mother and pick out a monument for her, and share my happiness with a girl that I've loved many years.†
Scene 2.2
- The gravity of their profession is exaggerated — the unmistakable aura of the state institution with its cynical detachment.†
Scene 3.11 *
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