All 9 Uses
grave
in
Queen of Attolia
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- "I believe I am stout enough to be at your disposal, Your Majesty," the magus replied gravely, "though otherwise old and very feeble."†
Chpt 9gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- Eugenides laughed outright, and Agape's grave expression gave way to a smile.
Chpt 11 *grave = serious and solemn
- "Remarkably so," said Eddis gravely.†
Chpt 19gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- Eugenides, for his part, gravely asked the queen to dance and was as gravely granted the privilege, but Attolia spoke to him only in the most formulaic phrases, and Eddis knew that he responded with the acerbic comments sotto voce for which he was famous.†
Chpt 20
- Eugenides, for his part, gravely asked the queen to dance and was as gravely granted the privilege, but Attolia spoke to him only in the most formulaic phrases, and Eddis knew that he responded with the acerbic comments sotto voce for which he was famous.†
Chpt 20
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- Eddis shook her head, looking grave.†
Chpt 8
- The officers and ministers approached, variously grave or embarrassed.†
Chpt 16
- A little ahead of the other men was a man who was neither grave nor discomfited.†
Chpt 16
- Like the other Eddisians, he was wet through, and from time to time a shudder shook him, as if a ghost had walked over his grave.†
Chpt 17 *
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 too rare to warrant focus) Better known meanings of grave and gravity:Less common meanings of grave:
- 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