as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the doctor's unexpected graveness warned us that the news was bad
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Noun
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Most agree that simple gravity took over afterward.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Both parties are being pulled into this gravity well.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Every season teams vie with utmost seriousness for a title that doesn’t do them any good at all when the next season comes just a few months later.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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Anthropic’s founders, as a costly signal of their seriousness, ultimately pledged to give away eighty per cent of their wealth.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Hence, this nimble, propulsive movie, given a loose intimacy by Juan Sarmiento’s 16mm cinematography, proves to be oddly heartfelt when seemingly most cruel about Oscar’s hapless earnestness.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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With a sprinkle of '80s nonsensical wit, Splash is an easy-breezy watch that finds its place in the sun by being ridiculously campy while grounding itself in earnestness, thanks to Hanks and Hannah's bewitching lead performances.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Graveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveness. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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