gravely

See also: Gravely

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English grave

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English gravely

From grave + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪvli/

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Adverb

gravely (comparative more gravely, superlative most gravely)

1. In a grave or serious manner.
   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 100:

     'No, no one's called that at home,' said Heidi gravely.

   • 2025, Christopher D. Cook, “Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House”, in RootsAction‎^[1], archived from the original on 21 February 2026, page 4:

     This report examines the voluminous evidence bolstering these conclusions. We document the many ways in which the Harris campaign and Democratic Party leadership failed to meet the moment and gravely miscalculated both what and who the election hinged on.

Translations

grave or serious manner

• Catalan: greument (ca)
• Esperanto: grave (eo), serioze
• Finnish: vakavasti (fi)
• French: gravement (fr)
• Italian: gravemente (it)
• Middle English: sadly
• Portuguese: gravemente (pt)
• Spanish: gravemente

Etymology 2

See gravelly.

Adjective

gravely (comparative more gravely, superlative most gravely)

1. Alternative spelling of gravelly.

Anagrams

• Gravley