GRAVENESS

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 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

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)

Derivation:

grave (of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought)

grave (dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises)