Characterised by a dignified sense of seriousness; not cheerful. [from 16th c.]
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[Mercuti] Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.
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c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]: