gravely

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GRA'VELY, adverb [from grave.] In a grave, solemn manner; soberly; seriously. The queen of learning gravely smiles. 1. Without gaudiness or show; as, to be dressed gravely
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