as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry
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Recent Examples of gravity
Prosecutors, however, say the gravity of the killings warrant jurors sending Dennis back to Florida’s Death Row.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Turner spoke with an arresting conviction, locating Canada’s fate in geography, history, and its defining quest to defy manifest destiny and political gravity.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
This failure hits the battalion hard, and many of the soldiers frantically call their families to tell them about the gravity of the situation.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
Their calculations indicate that even classical gravity (the non-quantum framework introduced by Albert Einstein) could, under certain conditions, create entanglement between two objects.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Turner spoke with an arresting conviction, locating Canada’s fate in geography, history, and its defining quest to defy manifest destiny and political gravity.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
This failure hits the battalion hard, and many of the soldiers frantically call their families to tell them about the gravity of the situation.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
Their calculations indicate that even classical gravity (the non-quantum framework introduced by Albert Einstein) could, under certain conditions, create entanglement between two objects.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gravity
Noun
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In all seriousness, Pascal’s nimble and witty performance as Martell dazzled audiences, both with his winning personality and beautiful, ethically non-monogamous relationship with princess Ellaria Sand.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025
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However, depending on the seriousness of Judkins' injury, Cleveland may rethink Ford's immediate future.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Listen to him bum-rush a workers’ union meeting and begin describing, with over-enthusiastic earnestness, how dogs get a raw deal.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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Though the score is anthem-heavy and earnestness is always hovering, there are moments in the show that are transcendent.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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