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Dignity of manner
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gravitas
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Gravitas is the fourteenth studio album by British progressive rock band Asia , released on 25 March 2014. Written and produced by John Wetton and Geoff Downes , it is the group's first release to feature their new guitarist, Sam Coulson , who replaced ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1924, from Latin gravitas "weight, heaviness;" figuratively, of persons, "dignity, presence, influence" (see gravity ). A word that became useful when gravity acquired a primarily scientific meaning.
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n. formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" [syn: dignity , lordliness ]
Usage examples of gravitas.
Priests swarmed together like bees, discussing theological points with immense gravitas, their grey beards augmenting the patriarchal effect of their shining black shoes and flapping robes, and endured the flattering interruptions of the faithful, who could never think of any sensible pretext for conversation other than to enquire whether or not this or that bishop was likely to attend.
They were tall and slender, almost impossibly graceful, and had a natural gravitas that went beyond dignity.
The Deathstalker's voice was cool and sharp, trying hard for the gravitas he felt his title required.
It yeas vastly more intoxicating than to hear confessions from men who did not, in the ultimate analysis, take them very seriously, and it was a very saintly sensation, this business of expressing peaceable sentiments with immense gravitas and moral authority.