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grave

/ɡɹeɪv/ noun C2
  1. A grave accent, the diacritic mark `.

Plural graves

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“I did; but his face would become very grave and he would shake his head.
The Valley of Fear, p. 59 · C1
Holmes’s face was very white and grave.
The Valley of Fear, p. 100 · C1
I ain’t afeared of anything on this side o’ the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o’ the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 42 · B2
Holmes looked grave.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 19 · B2

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