All 50 Uses of
grave
in
The Deerslayer
- "That is unseemly in a poor man's darter," returned Deerslayer gravely, "the officers are all gentry, and can only look on such as Judith with evil intentions."†
Chpt 1
- Then you're altogether too grave and considerate-like, to care much about Judith; for, though the gal is oncommon, she is so general in her admiration, that a man need not be exalted because she happens to smile.†
Chpt 3
- But all was still as the grave again.†
Chpt 6
- She had now been dead two summers, and, as was stated by Hurry, she had been buried in the lake; whether in indulgence of a prejudice, or from a reluctance to take the trouble to dig her grave, had frequently been a matter of discussion between the rude beings of that region.†
Chpt 8
- When Deerslayer ended, the Delaware took up the narrative, in turn, speaking sententiously and with grave dignity.†
Chpt 9
- The Delaware heard and understood all that passed, though with Indian gravity and finesse he had sat with averted face, seemingly inattentive to a discourse in which he had no direct concern.†
Chpt 9
- The others arranged themselves around the two with grave dignity, and then the girl, who had sufficient observation to perceive that such a course was expected of her, began to reveal the object of her visit.†
Chpt 11
- The chiefs heard this opening explanation with grave decorum, the two who had a little knowledge of English intimating their satisfaction with the interpreter by furtive but significant glances of the eyes.†
Chpt 11
- She put the question as literally as possible, however, and received a grave answer in the affirmative.
Chpt 11 *grave = serious and solemn
- Perceiving that the grim looking chiefs were still standing around her in grave attention, she hoped that another effort to convince them of the right might be successful.†
Chpt 11
- Any thing was better than a failure, as it regarded his betrothed, and, after turning the different garments round and round, examining them with a species of grave irony, affecting to draw them on in a way that defeated itself, and otherwise manifesting the reluctance of a young savage to confine his limbs in the usual appliances of civilized life, the chief submitted to the directions of his companion, and finally stood forth, so far as the eye could detect, a red man in colour…†
Chpt 12
- The awkwardness of the Delaware in his new attire caused his friend to smile more than once that day, but he carefully abstained from the use of any of those jokes which would have been bandied among white men on such an occasion, the habits of a chief, the dignity of a warrior on his first path, and the gravity of the circumstances in which they were placed uniting to render so much levity out of season.†
Chpt 12
- The meeting at the morning meal of the three islanders, if we may use the term, was silent, grave and thoughtful.†
Chpt 12
- "Hurry Harry's idees do not pass for gospel with me, Judith; but even worse than he may have eyes and ears", returned the other gravely.†
Chpt 12
- The two men now went out on the platform, and Deerslayer swept the shore with the glass, while the Indian gravely turned his eye on the water and the woods, in quest of any sign that might betray the machinations of their enemies.†
Chpt 12
- Finding that both her companions were watching her movements, in grave silence, Judith placed a hand on the lid and endeavored to raise it.
Chpt 12grave = serious and solemn
- The transformation was ludicrous, but as men are seldom struck with incongruities in their own appearance, any more than in their own conduct, the Delaware studied this change in a common glass, by which Hutter was in the habit of shaving, with grave interest.†
Chpt 12
- "Chingachgook," returned the Delaware with grave dignity.†
Chpt 13
- Chingachgook gravely bowed, and then he seemed to think this part of the subject might be dismissed.†
Chpt 13
- The first act of the Delaware, on rejoining his friend, was to proceed gravely to disencumber himself of his civilized attire, and to stand forth an Indian warrior again.†
Chpt 14
- "I will go to the Iroquois camp," returned the Delaware, gravely.†
Chpt 14
- "I understand what you mean, my brother," returned the Indian gravely, for the first time catching a direct clue to the adventures of the evening.†
Chpt 17
- Here he continued silent for a little time, maintaining the grave reserve of an Indian chief.†
Chpt 17
- As the Huron uttered this extraordinary assurance of consideration, his eye furtively glanced at the countenance of his listener, in order to discover how he stood the compliment, though his gravity and apparent sincerity would have prevented any man but one practised in artifices, from detecting his motives.†
Chpt 17
- Nor were the Delaware's care and gravity misplaced, under the impressions with which he proceeded on this enterprise.†
Chpt 19
- In half a minute, two more were at his side, one of whom received a grave injury by the friend who had just preceded him.
Chpt 20grave = serious and solemn
- "Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him; But nothing he'll reck, if they'll let him sleep on, In the grave where a Briton has laid him."†
Chpt 21
- Hist was serious, attentive and interested, for she had often seen the interments of the pale-faces, though never one that promised to be as peculiar as this; while the Delaware, though grave, and also observant, in his demeanor was stoical and calm.†
Chpt 21
- Hetty acted as pilot, directing Hurry how to proceed, to find that spot in the lake which she was in the habit of terming "mother's grave."†
Chpt 21
- We have passed the stone on the bottom, and mother's grave is near."†
Chpt 21
- Once she had even been so far influenced by the former as to have bethought her of performing some of those physical rites at her mother's grave which the redmen are known to observe; but the passing feeling had been obscured by the steady, though mild light of Christianity, which never ceased to burn in her gentle bosom.†
Chpt 21
- March cast his eyes below, and through the transparent medium of the clear water, which was almost as pure as air, he saw what Hetty was accustomed to call "mother's grave."†
Chpt 21
- "You wish to speak to me of marriage, Harry March," she said, "and I have come here, over the grave of my parents, as it might be—no—no—over the grave of my poor, dear, dear, mother, to hear what you have to say."†
Chpt 21
- "You wish to speak to me of marriage, Harry March," she said, "and I have come here, over the grave of my parents, as it might be—no—no—over the grave of my poor, dear, dear, mother, to hear what you have to say."†
Chpt 21
- "Hush, March; do not calumniate a daughter over her mother's grave!†
Chpt 21
- "Alas! my poor mother!" she ejaculated mentally instead of uttering it aloud, "We are over thy grave, but little dost thou know how much thy lessons have been forgotten; thy care neglected; thy love defeated!"†
Chpt 21
- Chingachgook held himself a little aloof, in grave reserve, looking like a warrior, but feeling like a man.†
Chpt 22
- His spirit may be near; it would grieve it to hear his children talking so, and that, too, over his very grave.†
Chpt 22
- "This is mother's grave, and we have just laid the body of father by her side.†
Chpt 22
- "I've seen it some time," Hetty quietly answered, for the Indians had few terrors for her, "but I didn't think it right to talk about such things over mother's grave!†
Chpt 22
- The meeting between Deerslayer and his friends in the Ark was grave and anxious.†
Chpt 23
- Here she found Chingachgook studying the shores of the lake, the mountains and the heavens, with the sagacity of a man of the woods, and the gravity of an Indian.†
Chpt 25
- All this the lover saw and felt, and for a moment his countenance was illuminated with a look of pleasure, but it soon grew grave again, and became saddened and anxious.†
Chpt 25
- Still she continued silent, as became her when the allusion was to a grave interest that men could best control, though it exceeded the power of education to conceal the smile that gratified feeling brought to her pretty mouth.
Chpt 25grave = serious and solemn
- Familiarity deadens the sensibilities even as connected with the gravest natural phenomena, and never before had these simple beings thought of enquiring into a movement that was of daily occurrence, however puzzling it might appear on investigation.†
Chpt 25
- "Harkee, Sarpent," he continued more gravely, though too simply for affectation; "this is easierly explained than an Indian brain may fancy.†
Chpt 25
- The Indian bowed his head silently, and always with unmoved gravity, though his eye twinkled at the sight of the other's embarrassment.†
Chpt 25
- "My ears are open," returned the Delaware gravely; "the words of my brother have entered so far that they never can fall out again.†
Chpt 26
- If the worst comes to the worst, it's not likely there'll be much left of me but ashes, so a grave would be useless, and a sort of vanity.†
Chpt 26
- "It shall be done as my brother says," returned the Indian, gravely.†
Chpt 26
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