as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling
the doctor's unexpected graveness warned us that the news was bad
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During the 11-minute space flight, Perry unveiled the setlist for her Lifetimes Tour live from zero gravity — giving the internet further fodder to turn into memes, gifs and running jokes.—
Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
2 May 2025 -
Like the force of gravity or the lump of uranium in a nuclear generator, the force of character works invisibly.—
Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D.,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Graveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graveness. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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