All 18 Uses of
grave
in
Kim
- A white-bearded Englishman was looking at the lama, who gravely turned and saluted him and after some fumbling drew forth a note-book and a scrap of paper.†
Chpt 1
- 'But my yogi is not a cow,' said Kim gravely, making a hole with his fingers in the top of the mound.†
Chpt 1
- 'No man is all perfect,' said the lama gravely, recoiling the rosary.†
Chpt 3
- 'I see,' said Father Victor gravely.†
Chpt 5
- Kim reflected gravely, and said that he would, and the woman gave him food.†
Chpt 6
- "Sitting on wayside in grave meditation, trusting to be favoured with your Honour's applause of present step, which recommend your Honour to execute for Almighty God's sake.†
Chpt 6
- 'A. boy,' said Mahbub gravely.†
Chpt 6
- 'Trust in the Gods, my sister,' said Kim gravely, screwing his face round as the stain dried.†
Chpt 7
- When he came to the disguisement and the interview with the girl in the bazar, Mahbub Ali's gravity went from him.†
Chpt 8
- Here was like to have been a grave misunderstanding, for the old soldier asked him why the Friend of the Stars had gone that way only six days before.
Chpt 9 *grave = serious and solemn
- 'I will pay thee dustoorie [commission] on my pay for three months,' said Kim gravely.†
Chpt 10
- Kim assisted at two or three with grave advice, meant to darken counsel and to show off his wisdom before the lama and the admiring Kamboh.†
Chpt 11
- E23, affecting to misunderstand, gravely produced his ticket, which the Englishman wrenched angrily from his hand.†
Chpt 12
- The hangers-on expected grave professional debate, and perhaps a little free doctoring.†
Chpt 12
- They gave him a glass of whitish fluid like to gin, and then more; and in a little time his gravity departed from him.†
Chpt 13
- Presently, grave and aloof, walking very heavily, the lama joined himself to the chatter under the eaves, and they gave him great room.†
Chpt 14
- 'In the dawn,' the lama went on more gravely, ready rosary clicking between the slow sentences, 'came enlightenment.†
Chpt 14
- And so he petted and comforted Kim with wise saws and grave texts on that little-understood beast, our Body, who, being but a delusion, insists on posing as the Soul, to the darkening of the Way, and the immense multiplication of unnecessary devils.†
Chpt 15
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