Examples of gravely

• He was gravely wounded, and his right arm was amputated.

• "It is a rather confidential matter," Bragg said gravely.

• When her brother fell gravely ill, doctors told Christine that he was brain dead.

• If trust deteriorates too gravely, then a failure of the parties to reach simpatico will result and distrust will emerge.

• They are also gravely ill, with the result that ethical considerations add to the difficulty in studying them comprehensively.

• Do patients want physicians to inquire about their spiritual or religious beliefs if they become gravely ill?

• They gravely underestimated the damage done to governmental institutions, banks and private firms by the economic and political chaos of 1976-83.

• The street elevation is symmetrical and gravely composed, while the rear freely expresses the workings of the plan, most tellingly with its asymmetrical stair tower.