as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
we knew from the doctor's seriousness that she didn't have good news
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Noun
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Everyone was kind, thoughtful and respectful, but there was a part of me also wanting to soak it up because knew the gravity of the moment.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Brown, as Medwin, proceeds over all this trouble—so many secrets, so much inevitable violence—with a wise gravity.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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But in all cases of letters patent, certain solemnities are required by law, which solemnities are the evidences of the validity of the instrument.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
29 July 2025
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No other solemnity is required by law; no other act is to be performed on the part of government.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
29 July 2025
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“Seriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seriousness. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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