All 9 Uses of
grave
in
Queen of Attolia
- Eddis shook her head, looking grave.†
Chpt 8
- "I believe I am stout enough to be at your disposal, Your Majesty," the magus replied gravely, "though otherwise old and very feeble."†
Chpt 9
- Eugenides laughed outright, and Agape's grave expression gave way to a smile.
Chpt 11 *grave = serious and solemn
- 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
- "Remarkably so," said Eddis gravely.†
Chpt 19
- 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
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