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
- Fremantle nodded gravely, listening.†
Chpt 1.4gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- "Actually," Pickett said gravely, "I think my analogy of the club was best.†
Chpt 1.4
- Lee said in the gravely formal gentleman's way.†
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 2.5gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- 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
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- The hand seemed to come up against gravity, against his will.†
Chpt 1.2
- 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 *
- If I go to him now...He saw again the grave gray face, the dark reproachful eyes.†
Chpt 2.3
- 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
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