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How to use gravely in a sentence

18 example sentences · adverb

Gravely means in a grave or serious manner. Example: “'No, no one's called that at home,' said Heidi gravely.”

Examples of gravely by meaning

adverbIn a grave or serious manner.

  • 'No, no one's called that at home,' said Heidi gravely.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 100
  • We document the many ways in which the Harris campaign and Democratic Party leadership failed to meet the moment and gravely miscalculated both what and who the election hinged on.2025, Christopher D. Cook, “Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House”, in RootsAction, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2026, page 4

More sentences with gravely

  • I trust my poor table will not too gravely disappoint you."2009, Kage Baker, (Please provide the book title or journal name), →ISBN, page 109. From the entry well met
  • A timid and gentlesome frog approached her, gravely bowed in a groove below her flexed kneecap.2005, Jeremy Hoemsen, Okanagan University College, Bible Prophecies Revealed. From the entry gentlesome
  • They were gravely merry and pressed on us the courtesy of the good folk of Turkestan.1930, Owen Lattimore, “Suget and Karakoram”, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 344. From the entry Turkestan
  • He listened gravely and patiently to his visitor's recital and then struck a desk-bell.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry managerial
  • There are various representations of it, gravely figured in native works on reptilology.1913, William Elliot Griffis, enThe Mikado's Empire: book 2. Personal experiences, observations, and studies in Japan, 1870-1874. book 3.…. From the entry reptilology
  • He was in a gravely weakened condition but was able to make the ’45, a great vintage in France.2022 October 6, Eric Asimov, “Echoes of a World War in Wines From the Early 1940s”, in The New York Times. From the entry P.O.W.
  • But knowingly to marry someone who is a milk sibling is, as Sidi told me gravely, to go against Islam.2004, Rebecca Popenoe, Feeding Desire: Fatness, Beauty, and Sexuality Among a Saharan People, Routledge, published 2004, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry milk sibling
  • He tore the flower gravely from its pinhold smelt its almost no smell and placed it in his heartpocket.1920, James Joyce, Ulysses. From the entry pinhold
  • “Unless I am gravely in error you are yourself a very brave man, and brave men are proverbially magnanimous.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 33. From the entry proverbially
  • He smiled back, holding his squam hat in his hand, "Merry Christmas to ye, Miss," he answered gravely and she departed.1910, Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt, The Hard Rock Man, page 162. From the entry squam
  • In recent years, the sisters spoke openly about their desire for euthanasia in the event that one of them became gravely ill.2025 November 19, Clay Risen, “Alice and Ellen Kessler, ’60s Singing Sensations, Die at 89”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry euthanasia
  • Indignantly interrogated as to whether he himself believed or exercised this abhominable and perabsurd superstition, he very gravely nictated his dexter eyelid.1909, Frederick Rolfe, Don Renato, Chatto & Windus, published 1963. From the entry nictate
  • “You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked.1908, Henry James, chapter XXIX, in The Portrait of a Lady (The Novels and Tales of Henry James; IV), New York edition, volume II, Boston…. From the entry conventional
  • He'd dug up a pack of hwatu cards from somewhere inside his bag, and he projects his voice as he gravely says, "The name of the game is seotda."2024, Hope Zane, “Mouse's Past and Future” (chapter 27), in Fairytale: A K-Pop M/M Romance, →ISBN. From the entry seotda
  • "The church teaching before Vatican II was that it was 'gravely sinful' to take 2 ounces of meat on a day of abstinence such as Friday," said the Rev.1995 September 18, Rafael Alvarez, “Catholics asked to avoid eating meat on Fridays Cardinal suggests abstinence in weeks leading up to…. From the entry abstinence
  • "The church teaching before Vatican II was that it was 'gravely sinful' to take 2 ounces of meat on a day of abstinence' such as Friday," said the Rev.1995 September 18, Rafael Alvarez, “Catholics asked to avoid eating meat on Fridays Cardinal suggests abstinence in weeks leading up to…. From the entry Vatican II

Meaning of gravely

  1. adverb In a grave or serious manner.

Full definition of gravely

Questions about gravely in a sentence

How do you use gravely in a sentence?
Gravely is used as an adverb. For example: “'No, no one's called that at home,' said Heidi gravely.”
What is a short sentence with gravely?
““You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked.”
What does gravely mean?
Gravely means in a grave or serious manner.

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