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gravely

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grave 1  (grv)
n.
1.
a. An excavation for the interment of a corpse.
b. A place of burial.
2. Death or extinction: faced the grave with calm resignation.

[Middle English, from Old English græf; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

grave 2  (grv)
adj. grav·er, grav·est
1. Requiring serious thought; momentous: a grave decision in a time of crisis.
2. Fraught with danger or harm: a grave wound.
3. Dignified and somber in conduct or character: a grave procession. See Synonyms at serious.
4. Somber or dark in hue.
5. also (gräv) Linguistics
a. Written with or modified by the mark ( ), as the è in Sèvres.
b. Of or referring to a phonetic feature that distinguishes sounds produced at the periphery of the vocal tract, as in labial and velar consonants and back vowels.
n. Linguistics also (gräv)
A mark ( ) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.

[French, from Old French, from Latin gravis; see gwer-1 in Indo-European roots.]

gravely adv.
graveness n.

grave 3  (grv)
tr.v. graved, grav·en (grvn) or graved, grav·ing, graves
1. To sculpt or carve; engrave.
2. To stamp or impress deeply; fix permanently.

[Middle English graven, from Old English grafan; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

grave 4  (grv)
tr.v. graved, grav·ing, graves
To clean and coat (the bottom of a wooden ship) with pitch.

[Middle English graven.]

gra·ve 5  (gräv)
adv. & adj. Music
In a slow and solemn manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, from Latin gravis, heavy; see grave2.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.gravely - in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar"
2.gravely - to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
Translations
gravely [ˈgreɪvlɪ] ADV
1. (= seriously) [ill, wounded, injured] → gravemente
five soldiers were gravely woundedcinco soldados resultaron gravemente heridos or heridos de gravedad
we are gravely concerned about or by his decisionestamos muy or seriamente preocupados por su decisión
2. (= solemnly) [say, speak] → con gravedad, con seriedad
he nodded gravelyasintió con gravedad
gravely [ˈgreɪvli] adv
[injured, impaired] → gravement, sérieusement
gravely ill → gravement malade
[say, reply] → avec gravité
gravely
adv
(= severely, seriously) ill, woundedschwer; gravely ill patientsschwer kranke Patienten; gravely concernedernstlich besorgt
(= solemnly) say, nodernst
gravely [ˈgreɪvlɪ] advgravemente, solennemente
gravely ill → in pericolo di vita
gravely [ˈgreɪvlɪ] advgravemente, solennemente
gravely ill → in pericolo di vita


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"I may be a baby," said the Mouse, gravely, as he passed outward through the forest of shins, "but I know tolerably well how to diagnose a volcano.
The reporter looked gravely at Fred, who looked gravely at him.
It was gravely said by some of the prelates in the Council of Trent, where the doctrine of the Schoolmen bare great sway, that the Schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics and epicycles, and such engines of orbs, to save the phenomena; though they knew there were no such things; and in like manner, that the Schoolmen had framed a number of subtle and intricate axioms, and theorems, to save the practice of the church.
 
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