All 13 Uses of
grave
in
The Kite Runner
- "You should know something about me, Hazara," Assef said gravely.
p. 42..9gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- For a few weeks, I preoccupied myself with gravity and momentum, atoms and cells, the Anglo-Afghan wars, instead of thinking about Hassan and what had happened to him.†
p. 91..1
- He said this gravely, like he'd disclosed to me that she had breast cancer.
p. 141..9gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)
- Baba asked Dr. Amani for a prognosis. Dr. Amani bit his lip, used the word "grave." "There is chemotherapy, of course," he said. "But it would only be palliative."
p. 156..1grave = very serious
- I watched them toss the first shovelful of dirt into the grave.†
p. 175..3
- We sat on a bench and watched an elderly couple kneeling beside a grave a few rows away and placing a bouquet of daisies by the headstone.†
p. 175..9
- Because I had rid her heart of its gravest malady.
p. 178..3gravest = most serious
- "What I'm asking from you is to grant an old man his dying wish," he said gravely.
p. 221..7 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- Baba took his memories of her to the grave with him.†
p. 250..3
- He gets caught, they'll give him a flogging that will waken his father in the grave," Farid muttered.†
p. 268..5
- "Do you want to stay?" Farid said gravely.
p. 269..5gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- That, I'll take to my grave: I was on the ground laughing, Assef straddling my chest, his face a mask of lunacy, framed by snarls of his hair swaying inches from my face.†
p. 289..8
- "Absolutely nobody," he said gravely, swinging his index finger the same way Armand had.
p. 309..0gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
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