All 4 Uses of
grave
in
Strength in What Remains
- Forgetting to bring your lunch was bad, though not as grave as what one schoolmate did, in a hungry season when his family had run low on food.†
Chpt 1.7
- The elections five years later, in 1993, were widely praised by outside observers, but they also represented a grave threat to Burundian Tutsis with positions in the middle and lower levels of the government.
Chpt 2.13grave = serious and solemn
- I wondered if we were walking over Clovis's grave, but Deo couldn't remember its location, and all the wooden crosses had vanished.†
Chpt 2.14
- Deo's brother, the one who survived, the one he could talk about, had climbed down a rope ladder; he got away with a minor injury to his foot and a grave wound to his psyche.
Chpt 2.14 *grave = serious and solemn
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