All 50 Uses of

grave
in
Dracula

I tried to raise her up, and said, as gravely as I could, that I thanked her, but my duty was imperative, and that I must go.
p. 11.5

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

He opened it and read it gravely.
p. 24.1

He bowed gravely.
p. 27.3

With a stately gravity, he, with the lamp, preceded me down the stairs and along the hall.
p. 57.9

gravity = seriousness

I only told him that much, and then he stood up, and he looked very strong and very grave as he took both my hands in his and said he hoped I would be happy, and that If I ever wanted a friend I must count him one of my best.
p. 65.7

grave = serious and solemn

Then he said that he had spoken in a light manner, and he hoped that if he had made a mistake in doing so on so grave, so momentous, and occasion for him, I would forgive him.
p. 66.9

grave = serious (important)

She spoke her comment very gravely and somewhat severely.
p. 76.1

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

Please, God, I shall never, never forget them, nor the grave and sweet responsibilities I have taken upon me.
p. 116.0

grave = serious and solemn

He looked grave, but said, 'I have made careful examination, but there is no functional cause.'
p. 124.9

Then he went on gravely, "You were always a careful student, and your case book was ever more full than the rest."
p. 129.9

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

When I described Lucy's symptoms, the same as before, but infinitely more marked, he looked very grave, but said nothing.
p. 130.3

grave = serious and solemn

I have grave reasons.
p. 140.1

grave = serious (important)

But it is here that the grave shock that he experienced tells upon him the most.
p. 168.9

grave = serious

He turned to me, and said with grave solemnity, "Not so, alas!"
p. 173.8

grave = very serious

The Professor looked sternly grave.
p. 176.1

grave = serious and solemn

He answered with a grave kindness, "I know it was hard for you to quite trust me then, for to trust such violence needs to understand, and I take it that you do not, that you cannot, trust me now, for you do not yet understand."
p. 181.5

Then when his face grew grave and stern again I asked him why his mirth, and why at such a time.
p. 186.2

He began by saying that he hoped we would all come with him too, "for," he said, "there is a grave duty to be done there."
p. 217.8

grave = serious (important)

Then, turning to the other two, he said with intense gravity, "I want your permission to do what I think good this night."
p. 218.3

gravity = seriousness and importance (weightiness)

Van Helsing rose up from where he had all the time been seated, and said, gravely and sternly, "My Lord Godalming, I too, have a duty to do, a duty to others, a duty to you, a duty to the dead, and by God, I shall do it!"
p. 220.4

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

He said this with a very grave, sweet pride, and Arthur was much affected by it.
p. 221.5

grave = serious and solemn

"What is here told," he laid his hand heavily and gravely on the packet of papers as he spoke, "may be the beginning of the end to you and me and many another, or it may sound the knell of the UnDead who walk the earth."
p. 233.7

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

I asked, for some grave, terrible feeling was coming over me.
p. 235.6

grave = serious (important)

She laid her hand on mine and said very gravely, "Ah, but they must!"
p. 237.6

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

The Professor read it over gravely, and handed it back, saying, "It need not go in if you do not wish it, but I pray that it may."
p. 251.4

It was to be taken as gravely, and in as businesslike a way, as any other transaction of life.
p. 253.9

gravely = seriously

I thought it better to wait, however, before making so grave a statement, for of old I knew the sudden changes to which this particular patient was liable.
p. 260.5

grave = serious (important)

I thought it was now time to end the scene, which was becoming too comically grave, so I went towards the door, simply saying, "Come, my friends, we have work to do."
p. 262.1

grave = serious and solemn

The Professor stepped over, and laying his hand on his shoulder, said in his grave, kindly way, "Friend John, have no fear."
p. 265.3

He grew very grave, and after thinking the matter over for a while asked me to take him to Renfield.
p. 290.7

grave = serious

Then Van Helsing said in a quiet grave tone, "Tell us your dream, Mr. Renfield."
p. 296.5

grave = serious and solemn

Van Helsing said gravely, "Go on, friend Arthur."
p. 303.9

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

When Dr. Van Helsing and Dr. Seward had come back from seeing poor Renfield, we went gravely into what was to be done.
p. 308.6

Then Van Helsing turned and said gravely.
p. 316.5

So gravely that I could not help feeling that he was in some way inspired, and was stating things outside himself.
p. 316.5

gravely = solemnly (seriously)

He looked at her gravely for a minute and then said sorrowfully, "Because my dear, dear Madam Mina, now more than ever must we find him even if we have to follow him to the jaws of Hell!"
p. 334.8

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

Even now, when I am gravely revolving the matter, it is almost impossible to realize that the cause of all our trouble is still existent.
p. 342.8

Dr. Van Helsing said gravely, "Madam Mina, you are, as always, most wise."
p. 348.3

But Van Helsing and I, turning to each other, met each a grave and troubled glance.
p. 360.7

grave = serious and solemn

He looked over them gravely, his face brightening up as he read.
p. 361.9

gravely = solemnly (in a very serious manner)

I have grave doubts.
p. 388.0 *

grave = serious (important)

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Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:

It is my favourite seat, and I cannot leave it, and now I find I must go on sitting over the grave of a suicide.
p. 76.7

grave = burial spot

The owners of more than a hundred boats have already given in their names as wishing to follow him to the grave.
p. 96.5

I dread coming up to London, as we must do that day after tomorrow, for poor Mr. Hawkins left in his will that he was to be buried in the grave with his father.
p. 169.2

And yet I can laugh at her very grave, laugh when the clay from the spade of the sexton drop upon her coffin and say 'Thud, thud!' to my heart, till it send back the blood from my cheek.
p. 186.6

Can you tell me how the Indian fakir can make himself to die and have been buried, and his grave sealed and corn sowed on it, and the corn reaped and be cut and sown and reaped and cut again, and then men come and take away the unbroken seal and that there lie the Indian fakir, not dead, but that rise up and walk amongst them as before?
p. 205.7

I am willing to be patient in all things that are reasonable, but in this, this desecration of the grave, of one who ….
p. 219.4

What did that poor, sweet girl do that you should want to cast such dishonour on her grave?
p. 220.2

I have a duty to do in protecting her grave from outrage, and by God, I shall do it!
p. 220.3

The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds, and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave.
p. 225.2

Definitions:

(1) (grave as in: Her manner was grave.)
serious and/or solemn
The 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
(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:
- 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
Less common meanings of grave:
- 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

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