Citations:gravely


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * But they, looking gravely upon him, answered, "We buy the truth." [Prov. 23:23] At that there was an occasion taken to despise the men the more; some mocking, some taunting, some speaking reproachfully, and some calling upon others to smite them.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * THE Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.