Synonym: badly, seriously, severely, soberly, staidly. Similar words: unravel, traveled, traveler, travelled, travel agency, crave, brave, travesty. Meaning: adv. 1. in a grave and sober manner 2. to a severe or serious degree.
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1. Her mother was gravely ill.
2. We are gravely concerned about these developments.
3. "That's true," she agreed gravely.
4. He nodded gravely as I poured out my troubles.
5. Local people are gravely concerned.
6. He spoke gravely of the situation.
7. If you think that,[sentencedict.com] you are gravely mistaken.
8. They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government.
9. She is gravely ill.
10. "We might be too late," she said gravely.
11. Then the doctor arrived and examined her gravely.
12. They acknowledged one another gravely across a narrow divide.
13. Gaseous exchange at the alveolar surface is gravely hindered and the lesion is often accompanied by interstitial emphysema and pulmonary oedema.
14. Claude played the Chopin cleanly, gravely, reaching low notes that were something to hear.
15. When we tried this approach, we sat gravely, briefcases on our laps, and waited.
16. He turned to me and nodded gravely, and five minutes later he was hanging from the jungle gym beside another boy.
17. It also gravely disappointed the hopes of the House of Lorraine, the claimants to the throne who represented the Merovingian blood-line.
18. Although already gravely ill, she posed for this graduation picture just days before losing her battle against cancer.
19. He was a proud man, gravely courteous, reflective, and warm.
20. Statues of unknown saints looked gravely down from their alcoves as Jacques and Marie-Christine knelt reverently before the altar.
21. "I think I've covered that business more than adequately," he said gravely.
22. But by the end, when he compared City College to a junior high school, Rudi had a gravely attentive audience.
23. Whatever the outcome the long-standing, unwritten code of behaviour that governs relations between ministers and civil servants would be gravely battered.
24. Then he paused, made sure I was looking, before gravely he removed the cloth.
25. As a young man, Francis had an eye for the ladies, until he became gravely ill.
26. Joseph saw Tran Van Hieu and his father make their obeisance gravely beside other high-ranking Annamese.
27. If Montrose openly endorsed Kirkton, and carried his re-election, he might gravely offend some of his own friends.
28. A sophomore at Goucher College, she greets a visitor gravely, then gives a tiny, charming hop of excitement.
29. Miss Fergusson thanked him, and offered in return a small parcel of sugar, which was gravely accepted.
30. There is a strong probability, had such evidence been given, that the government would have been gravely embarrassed.
More similar words: unravel, traveled, traveler, travelled, travel agency, crave, brave, travesty, traverse, ravenous, depraved, gravity, contravene, lively, aggravate, actively, relatively, negatively, creatively, positively, compulsively, submissively, effectively, tentatively, expansively, exclusively, respectively, collectively, comparatively, imaginatively.