All 35 Uses of

grave

in

Of Human Bondage

The doctor, without answering, looked at her gravely.†
Chpt 1-2

gravely = in a serious and solemn manner

One of the strange ladies asked if she might kiss him, and he gravely gave her permission.†
Chpt 1-2

I suppose we may take it that only Englishmen are gentlemen,' said Weeks gravely.†
Chpt 27-28

Allow me to introduce an old and trusted friend, Carey by name,' said Clutton gravely.†
Chpt 39-40

He mingled wisdom and nonsense in the most astounding manner, gravely making fun of his hearers at one moment, and at the next playfully giving them sound advice.†
Chpt 41-42

She began to cry, while the doctor looked at her gravely; he thought she too had the type; she would not make old bones either.†
Chpt 81-82

Watching her gravely, he asked himself why he had been so besotted with passion for her.†
Chpt 89-90

The baby was gravely playing with stones on the beach, and now and then she crawled up to Philip and gave him one to hold, then took it away again and placed it carefully down.†
Chpt 93-94

Sometimes he would be seen by those on sweeping duty coming in next morning still dressed, and they would wink gravely to one another while he went into his office and changed into a frock coat.†
Chpt 107-108

He spoke to her very gravely, telling her of her own danger and the danger to which she exposed others, and she listened sullenly.†
Chpt 109-110

She had a way of saying a thing which was very characteristic, quite gravely, as though there were nothing funny in it at all, and yet it was so sharp-sighted that Philip broke into delighted laughter.†
Chpt 121-122

Weeks looked at him with eyes which seemed at the same time to be quite grave and yet to be smiling brightly.†
Chpt 27-28

You mean that they were very clever and learned men, while you have grave doubts whether I am either?' asked Weeks.†
Chpt 27-28

The master forced his lips into a smile, but his eyes remained grave and sad.†
Chpt 51-52

There was a peculiar charm in his manner, a mingling of gravity and kindliness, which was infinitely attractive.†
Chpt 67-68

When he discovered that Macalister was a stockbroker he was eager for tips; and Macalister, with his grave smile, told him what fortunes he could have made if he had bought certain stock at certain times.†
Chpt 67-68

It was manifold and various; there were tears and laughter, happiness and woe; it was tedious and interesting and indifferent; it was as you saw it: it was tumultuous and passionate; it was grave; it was sad and comic; it was trivial; it was simple and complex; joy was there and despair; the love of mothers for their children, and of men for women; lust trailed itself through the rooms with leaden feet, punishing the guilty and the innocent, helpless wives and wretched children; drink seized men and women and cost its inevitable price; death sighed in these rooms; and the beginning of life, filling some poor girl with terror and shame, was diagnosed there.†
Chpt 81-82

Thorpe Athelny's illness was not grave, and, though remaining very yellow, he soon felt much better: he stayed in bed only because the physician thought he should be kept under observation till certain reactions became normal.†
Chpt 85-86

He seemed to see things more profoundly through the grave eyes of those dead noblemen of Castile; and the gestures of the saints, which at first had seemed wild and distorted, appeared to have some mysterious significance.†
Chpt 87-88

He thought of Mrs. Athelny, cheerful mother of many children, with her kindly hospitality and her good humour; of Sally, grave for her years, with funny little maternal ways and an air of authority, with her long plait of fair hair and her broad forehead; and then in a bunch of all the others, merry, boisterous, healthy, and handsome.†
Chpt 93-94

It lasted him six weeks; then he wrote to his uncle a letter which he thought very business-like; he said that owing to the war he had had grave losses and could not go on with his studies unless his uncle came to his help.†
Chpt 97-98

One or two showed signs of being willing to start a flirtation with Philip, and he watched their manoeuvres with grave amusement.†
Chpt 105-106

I don't think there's any grave risk so long as he, remains as he is,' he ventured at last.†
Chpt 107-108

But Sally, who was growing up and was to put up her hair at Christmas, stood by sometimes and listened in her grave way while her father and Philip exchanged remarks in a language she did not understand.†
Chpt 107-108

Mr. Simmonds shook hands silently with Philip, and then with professional gravity went to the sick man's side.†
Chpt 111-112

You're as bad as any of them,' she said to Philip, in her grave, maternal way, which was at once comic and touching.†
Chpt 117-118

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