gravely

IPA: grˈeɪvɫi

Alternative spelling of gravelly [Full of, covered with, or similar to gravel or pebbles.]

Examples of "gravely" in Sentences

Then rising, she walked proudly and gravely from the hall.
His father, Prince Abdulaziz, looked on gravely from the public gallery.
Mr. Bassett had spoken the name gravely, and their eyes met again in lingering contact.
When she did, she mentioned his name gravely, as one speaks of dead persons who have been dear, but that was all.
His voice was kindly, and his expression gravely sympathetic, and Hermione could not read the amused tolerance lurking behind the mask of those keen eyes.
Well, today at mass, last night in a speech to U.S. bishops, and even on the plane en route to Washington, the pope has faced up to what he calls the gravely immoral sexual abuse of children by priests.
Fortunately there is another side to that virtue which the German Kaiser used to call obstinacy (laughter); but it is only in gravely difficult situations that the indomitable, courageous obstinacy of our race is wont to assert itself.
And from that day he was no more called bare Wagtail, but Mr. Wagtail, much to the amusement of visitors, who, hearing the name gravely uttered, as it soon came to be, saw the owner of it approach on all fours, with a tireless pendulum in his rear.
Obama was resuming his campaign in Nevada on Saturday with rallies in Reno and Las Vegas before holding one at night in Albuquerque, N.M. The Democrat put aside political events on Thursday night and Friday to spend time with his grandmother in Hawaii, whom he described as gravely ill.