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GRAVENESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does graveness mean?

• GRAVENESS (noun)
The noun GRAVENESS has 1 sense:

1. a manner that is serious and solemn

Familiarity information: GRAVENESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRAVENESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A manner that is serious and solemn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

graveness; gravity; soberness; sobriety; somberness; sombreness

Hypernyms ("graveness" is a kind of...):

earnestness; serious-mindedness; seriousness; sincerity (the trait of being serious)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "graveness"):

stodginess; stuffiness (dull and pompous gravity)

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