gravely English

Meaning gravely meaning

What does gravely mean?

gravely

— adverb (= soberly) in a grave and sober manner he walked soberly toward the altar

— adverb (= badly, severely, seriously) to a severe or serious degree fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated badly injured a severely impaired heart is gravely ill was seriously ill

Synonyms gravely synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as gravely?

gravely English » English

solemnly

seriously

soberly

severely

earnestly

badly

staidly

somberly

silently

quietly

noiselessly

majestically

authoritatively

hard

grievously

with dignity

with difficulty

violently

viciously

unshakably

sulkily

sternly

steady

steadily

steadfastly

stably

savagely

measuredly

in earnest

ill

heavily

fiercely

bitterly

bad

austerely

arduously

Examples gravely examples

How do I use gravely in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I'm sure Mary is gravely ill.

It is said that his mother is gravely ill.

The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during the election of the members of Parliament; as soon as they are elected, the people become slaves; they are nothing.

Tom is gravely ill.

We have to take him to the emergency room immediately, he's gravely wounded.

Movie subtitles

Gravely ill, Nana settles in a deserted hotel, carried by her friends.

Its milk is reserved for the gravely ill, who mop it up with bread brought from afar by the beggars, and given only to the sick.

I mean, the authorities were gravely concerned. with a series of murders, not unlike this one. and they were always preceded by the howling of a wolf.

Cathy is gravely ill.

I thought the Commodore was gravely ill.

The marquis is gravely concerned that she reach the ship at Vera Cruz safely.

Do you know him, Miss Gravely?

Miss Gravely, without cutting the hem off truth's garment, I'm going to hide him. Cover him up.

No. Forget you saw me, Miss Gravely.

Don't say anything to anybody, Miss Gravely.

You're right as rain, Miss Gravely.

Well, Miss Gravely, all I know is nobody buys them.

Thank you for your encouragement, Miss Gravely.

That was figuratively speaking, Miss Gravely.

Although gravely wounded by the knife that had pierced her, the victim tried to defend herself with a small revolver.

I would not have intruded had I not been. so gravely concerned over your future.

Forget you saw me, Miss Gravely.

The true Miss Gravely, sensitive, young in feeling, timeless with love and understanding.

How about the woman and the little boy? Miss Gravely and the tramp and the man who was reading the book, Dr. Greenbow.

I've got a date with Miss Gravely.

Admit that it upsets you gravely.

My father is gravely ill and I'm lonelier than ever.

Miss Gravely, without cutting the hem off truth's garment, I'm gonna hide him, cover him up, forget him.

Oh. You're right as rain, Miss Gravely.

How about the woman and the boy, Miss Gravely and the tramp and. the man who was reading the book, Dr Greenbow?

But you invited me, Miss Gravely.

It's, uh, certainly a nice afternoon, Miss Gravely.

Miss Gravely.

News and current affairs

But he fails to see anything gravely wrong about misleading his country and the world concerning Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

If Israel returns to its pre-1967 borders, only to find continuing hostility and terrorism among the Palestinians, Israel will have gravely weakened its security for nothing.

If that silence continues, it will gravely undermine SADC institutions, and will cast a deep pall over the most important leader in SADC, South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki.

Our leaders, from Levy Eshkol (and much more so Golda Meir) to Yitzhak Shamir, erred gravely in not seizing the earliest opportunity to arrange a territorial separation and a horizon of sovereignty for the post-1967 Palestinians.

They erred gravely in allowing Jewish settlers to have their way on the Biblical mountaintops, while Middle Israel looked the other way.

All of that is now gravely at risk - a dangerous turn of events.

Multilateral institutions that served as pillars of German foreign policy for almost half-a-century have been weakened: the European Union's hopes for common foreign, security, and defense policies have been gravely jeopardized.

PARIS - France is gravely ill.

In the US, the political system has descended into seemingly intractable partisan paralysis, gravely undermining the system of checks and balances and generating a deepening sense of malaise and frustration.

Should the Court conclude that the rights of the minority in question were gravely violated it could issue a binding decision demanding that the national state concerned change its laws and practices.

Many people, however, are today gravely disappointed in that government because of the country's dire economic conditions, and so have turned against everything the government does or says.

Otherwise, the status quo can gravely threaten Pakistan's - and South Asia's - future.

Any thought of concession or compromise is gravely mistaken.

They could not, in the long-term, beat the science without gravely damaging their reputations.

Since its invasion of Crimea a year ago, Russia has continuously and gravely violated the United Nations Charter, numerous international treaties, and international humanitarian norms.

NEW YORK - Perhaps no country on earth - not even Iraq, Afghanistan, or Sudan - has suffered more gravely from armed conflict in the past decade and a half than the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Many were gravely disappointed when European leaders earlier this month rejected pleas to establish a special support program for them.

Beyond affecting America's immediate negotiating partners, the latter approach would gravely damage progress in establishing a rule-based global system.

So he must deliver on the third, or the League will be gravely wounded.

European leaders gravely miscalculated at the start of Turkey's EU accession talks, believing that close ties would make the Middle East's conflicts Europe's problem.

The Chinese leadership thus would be gravely mistaken to treat climate change as a subsidiary issue, much less as a problem imposed on developing countries like China to impede their economic progress.