gravely

[US]/'greivli/
[UK]/ˈɡrevlɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. seriously, solemnly, heavily, somberly.

Phrases & Collocations

gravely ill

gravely concerned

gravely injured

gravely serious

Example Sentences

He spoke gravely of the situation.

Her mother was gravely ill.

She had the misfortune to become gravely ill.

Joseph gravely heard them out but never offered advice.

We reprove and condemn it as gravely offensive to the dignity of this Apostolic See,to Our own person,to the Episcopacy,and to the clergy and all the Catholics of France.

He tore the flower gravely from its pinhold smelt its almost no smell and placed it in his heart pocket.

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