Gravely

[greyv-lee]

noun

1. Samuel L(ee), Jr., 1922–2004, U.S. naval officer: first Black admiral.

Example Sentences

"I wept non-stop for a whole month. I couldn't eat. All I did was cry. I couldn't stand to walk. And I fell gravely ill."

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“So do ostriches,” Beowulf observed gravely.

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“Uncle Freddy’s dogs bite,” Cassiopeia said gravely.

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The arrival of the USS Gravely in Trinidad and Tobago last month prompted Caracas to suspend an energy agreement with the nation and declare its Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar "persona non grata."

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“If conceived as an alternative to humans,” the pontiff said, the technology “can gravely violate their infinite dignity and neutralize their fundamental responsibilities.”

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Related Words

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• seriously 
• thoroughly 
• unbelievably