In a grave or serious manner.

Alternative spelling of gravelly

plural of Gravely

A surname.

Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. / Low in pitch, tone etc. / Serious, in a negative sense; important, formidable.

A written accent used in French, Italian, and other languages. è is an e with a grave accent (`).

(transitive, obsolete) To dig. / (intransitive, obsolete) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial / Any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. / (by extension) Death, destruction. / (by extension) Deceased people; the dead.

(historical) A count, prefect, or person holding office.

(transitive, obsolete, nautical) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch — so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.