What is "gravely"

Usage examples of "gravely".

Nothing was more abhorrent to Adams than the prospect of a truce determined by France and other European powers and he headed south gravely worried.

When reports reached him that his mother was gravely ill, Adams, assuming the worst, was saddened almost beyond words.

Letters of condolence arrived for Adams, including one from Jefferson, who had himself been gravely ill.

The Bahraini, Sheikh Zeidan, smiled gravely, and Feisal nodded enthusiastically.

For the present, the accusation against you is that you committed an act of armed banditry, lying in wait for two police officers, firing shots from ambush, gravely wounding Inspector Bianchi, whom I may tell you is still between life and death in hospital, and slightly wounding Inspector Castang here present.

Sometimes, during the long winter evenings, when they had gathered at the Boeuf Couronne, they laid down their greasy cards and gravely discussed the events of the past years.

Dr Ramis pulled out his watch, a beautiful Breguet with a centre seconds hand, and they both sat gravely counting.

Calidore said, his expression drawing gravely, his brows lifting in concern.

He then winked at Elys, asked her gravely if she would be so kind as to tell Mistress Mayngod that Edwin was busy with an injured ferret, and would not be bringing any conies until tomorrow.

He turned to Cyl, who sat on the other side of him, and she nodded gravely.

Arthur de Noram ignored them while Guide Dulan nodded gravely and looked down the line.

Byles Gridley looked on gravely, thinking of the minuets and the gavots of his younger days.

But now, seeing all this bowing and kissing of the hieromonks, he instantly changed his mind: gravely and with dignity he made a rather deep bow, by worldly standards, and went over to a chair.

The next morning Agnes de Lucines received, through an anonymous messenger, the packet of letters which would so gravely have compromised Arnould Fabrice.

Instead of having lay monks live with him at the villa, he had a young soldier and three menservants to attend him, and to the curious who inquired with some surprise whether the occupant of the villa was a priest or a layman, the Abbot gravely explained that the servants were not his but those of a person of high rank from Kyoto, who was visiting him.