All 15 Uses of
grave
in
The Killer Angels
- He had a grave, boyish dignity, that clean-eyed, scrubbed-brain, naive look of the happy professor.
Chpt 1.2grave = serious and solemn
- The hand seemed to come up against gravity, against his will.†
Chpt 1.2
- Fremantle nodded gravely, listening.†
Chpt 1.4
- "Actually," Pickett said gravely, "I think my analogy of the club was best.†
Chpt 1.4
- He had never been impulsive, like Hill; there was even at this moment something grave and perplexed about him, a studious bewilderment.†
Chpt 1.4
- Lee said in the gravely formal gentleman's way.†
Chpt 2.3
- If I go to him now… He saw again the grave gray face, the dark reproachful eyes.†
Chpt 2.3
- Spear handed it over solemnly, gravely, with the air of a man taking part in a ceremony.†
Chpt 2.4
- General Pickett is gravely concerned, sir.
Chpt 2.5 *gravely = very seriously (severely)
- "I have been thinking, I must confess, of setting some brief thoughts to paper," Fremantle announced gravely.†
Chpt 2.5
- He felt a grave drowsiness.
Chpt 2.6grave = serious and solemn
- The heart thumped twice, a grave reminder.
Chpt 2.6
- It occurred to Longstreet that this was a grave responsibility.
Chpt 3.2
- He was a grave and courtly man, a soldier all his life.
Chpt 3.4
- He crossed his legs and sat looking into the fire and the strength came back, the face smoothed calm again and grave, the eyes silent and dark.†
Chpt 3.5
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