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graveness|ˈgreɪvnɪs|
[f. grave a.1 (n.1) + -ness.]
The quality or state of being grave; seriousness, solemnity and sobriety of behaviour; gravity.
1577–87Holinshed Chron. I. 18/1 Grauenesse in countenance, and shew of apparell. 1606Marston Fawne iii. Wks. 1856 II. 62 Your once steady gravenes. 1655Culpepper Riverius i. vii. 29 Graveness of actions. 1719D'Urfey Pills II. 318 A graveness palls the Cupid. 1865Wright Hist. Caricature viii. 138 The graveness and air of importance with which he regards it, would lead us to suppose that the barrel contains wine. 1875Tennyson Q. Mary v. ii, Had put off levity and put graveness on. |