All 10 Uses
grave
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- And she replied gravely: "I did not make you come to tell me such things as that."†
Chpt 5 *gravely = in a serious and solemn manner
- "I have no doubt of it," replied the young man gravely, for it seemed to him that his friend, in obedience to a pious thought, was connecting the memory of her father with the brilliancy of her last triumph.†
Chpt 5
Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:
- "Your soul is a beautiful thing, child," replied the grave man's voice, "and I thank you.†
Chpt 2
- "Did the ghost tell you what he said in M. Maniera's right ear?" asked M. Moncharmin, with a gravity which he thought exceedingly humorous.†
Chpt 4
- Daae's curious action in going out at that hour had worried me at first; but, as soon as I saw her go to the churchyard, I thought that she meant to fulfil some pious duty on her father's grave and I considered this so natural that I recovered all my calmness.†
Chpt 5
- She knelt down by her father's grave, made the sign of the cross and began to pray.†
Chpt 5
- That is to say, he arranged to meet her down there, in Perros churchyard, at Daae's grave.†
Chpt 8
- "No, dear, live!" said Christine's grave and changed voice.†
Chpt 9
- I am going to Perros to-morrow, to pray on my father's grave, and I shall ask M. Raoul de Chagny to go with me.'†
Chpt 12 *
- Surely they will not bury it in the common grave!†
Chpt Epil.
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