All 9 Uses of
grave
in
Glory Road
- While we were smoking, Star congratulated Rufo on the dinner and he accepted her compliments gravely and I seconded them.†
Chpt 5gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- She smiled without dimpling and said gravely, "Milord Oscar, we will all spit on our hands; Rufo and I will be fighting right beside you.†
Chpt 6
- She looked gravely confident.†
Chpt 8
- She had listened gravely.
Chpt 10 *
- "That's a long pause for so short a word," she said gravely.†
Chpt 19
- And so would I—She had seen that and had gravely, gently, with subtle consideration for another's feelings, told me indirectly that I need not feel guilty when next I courted some other girl, in some other land, somewhere.†
Chpt 20
- I told you about the gravity?†
Chpt 13
- The gravity varies, sometimes erratically.†
Chpt 13
- Surface gravity is almost that of Earth.†
Chpt 18
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:
- 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