graveness

noun

Definition of gravenessnext
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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  1. gravity
  2. seriousness
  3. earnestness
Noun
  • Petey Halpin almost tagged Jackson for a two-out homer, the ball instead succumbing to gravity near the warning track.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Specialized software grows from complexity, compliance, data gravity and the need to make expensive organizations more productive.
    — George Wells, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of gravity
Noun
  • The existence of these precedents—many of which, not incidentally, involve imperial ambition or climate change—is taken as a credential of their seriousness.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • Her lawyers argue that the judge wrongly assessed the effect of the posts, underestimated the seriousness of the meanings conveyed and erred in accepting Wilson’s substantial-truth defense.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 July 2026
Definition of seriousness
Noun
  • And by this point, the cultural tide had also turned against his earnestness.
    — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • That earnestness doesn’t quite vanish in Heartstopper Forever.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Definition of earnestness
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“Graveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveness. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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