gravelyadv.

1553 Bp. Gardiner's True Obed. Translator to Rdr. sig. A vi How these incarnate deuils could so aduisedlye, so grauelie, and so confidently say yea than, & so impudently..saie nay now.

a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 146 The Kings alwayes most gravely and considerately repelled that sort of attempt.

1680 T. Otway Orphan iii. 28 My Lord's not haughty nor imperious, Nor I gravely whimsical.

1682 Duke of Buckingham Fletcher's Chances iv. ii. sig. G3^v Don Frederick has sent away this Wench, for all he carries it so gravely.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 28 When asked his opinion, he would gravely take me aside, and ask mine.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 36 Would any man think it worth while to reason gravely with such a person?

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 275 He raised his eyes, and said very gravely, ‘My lord, in these most melancholy documents’ [etc.].

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. ix. 97 It makes me write gravely, for I am far from well.

1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth 54 With souls rejoicing gravely to rejoice.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 439 If thou dost it halfe so grauely, so maiestically, both in word and matter, hang me vp by the heeles. View more context for this quotation

1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 151 A mocker and insolent, going proudly and gravely.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 397 Having paced it gravely about the streets till 2 or 3 a clock in the morning, their Idols were carry'd with much Ceremony into the Temple.

1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. vi. 171 The consideration of this incompleteness gravely modifies the conclusion.

1895 F. Hall Two Trifles Introd. p. vi That journal..would be gravely compromised in character.