0 seriousness and importance of manner, causing feelings of respect and trust in others:
He's an effective enough politician but somehow he lacks the statesmanlike gravitas of a world leader.
Gestures and movement have an immediate gravitas which registers on acoustic and visual levels (online).
So he hoped in this way to secure a special authority for what he had to say (the word gravitas implies authority along with weight).
These research projects have a certain gravitas.
He provides the intellectual thrust and gravitas of the arguments of those who oppose monetary and political union.
It shows a lack of gravitas about the problems facing him.
All the other contributions this morning have treated the issue with the gravitas that it warrants.
The chief inspector's remarks on what is named, with some misplaced gravitas, the "prison culture" are disturbing.
Great talent, gravitas, bottom and depth has been shown by the many contributions.
