All 7 Uses of
grave
in
Cujo
- he spoke slowly and gravely.
*gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- About three weeks after Red Razberry Zingers went national, enthusiastically — if gravely — pitched by the Sharp Cereal Professor ('Nope, nothing wrong here'), the first mother had taken her little one to the hospital, nearly hysterical and sure the child was bleeding internally.†
- Vic looked back at him gravely.†
- A town's nightmares were buried in Frank Dodd's grave.†
- In his mind he saw two men — perhaps him and Roger, perhaps old man Sharp and his ageing kid — filling in a grave.†
- She had to grin to herself, because everyone in Maine understood that if you moved here from another place, you would be an out-of-stater until you were sent to your grave.†
- A failing out doesn't preclude a later rapprochement, his mind retorted with a kind of grave and implacable calm.†
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) 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