gravely

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Once he was present in the crowd at a big Gymkhana; and more than once he strolled through the Club gardens where social Delhi pursued tennis-balls and shuttle-cocks--gravely, as if life hung on the issue; or gaily, with gusts of laughter and chaff, often noisier than need be.

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  1. In a grave manner; soberly; seriously. The envoy gravely told them that he would put it out of the man's power to offend the laws a second time, and gave immediate orders for his execution. T. Cogan, On the Passions, i., note B. The domestic fool stood beside him, archly sad, or gravely mirthful, as his master willed. I. D'Israeli, Amen. of Lit., I. 88.
  2. See gravelly.

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  • He bowed gravely, and, entering the house, remarked to Bertha You wrote that all the servants had been examined Yes, all; and they know nothing of Madeleine's flight That is impossible_. —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
  • He listened gravely, asked several questions much to the point, and ended by begging me to trust the matter in his hands We were now at our journey's end, and I begged for some water, and hastily washed my bloodstained hands and cloak, lest they should frighten your uncle. —  The Grateful Indian And other Stories
  • Think twice He shook hands with her gravely, according to their habit, and she heard his steps along the frozen lane. —  Country Neighbors
  • Ah, Mr. Smith, although you are a clergyman, I am certain you must have the artistic temperament I trust not," Mr. Smith said very gravely--"I earnestly trust not. —  The Green Carnation
  • He smiled gravely, and seemed to allow I might be right Footnote 12: [John Murray--the third of the name--gives some interesting notes of his recollections of these meetings in Albemarle Street, in the Memoirs of his father (vol. i. p. 267 On politics, he used sometimes to express a high strain of what is now called Liberalism; but it appeared to me that the pleasure it afforded him, as a vehicle for displaying his wit and satire against individuals in office, was at the bottom of this habit of thinking, rather than any real conviction of the political principles on which he talked. —  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10)
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