gravely
in a grave and sober manner
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,166 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,136 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- in a grave and sober manner also: soberly, staidly he walked soberly toward the altar
- to a severe or serious degree also: badly, severely, seriously fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputatedbadly injured
gravely in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Mr. McAndrew looked up and gravely bowed.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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She supposed herself gravely compromised, and begged me to hide her.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She was a different being from the girl who had looked so gravely into my eyes a moment before.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Gravely Pastorius listened, not the less Discerning through the decent fig-leaf dress Of the poor plea its shame of selfishness.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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The wiser heads shook gravely as they told you that city should be sarnty, meaning the house by the causeway.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1