gravity

noun

ˈgra-və-tē How to pronounce gravity (audio)
Definition of gravitynext
as in intentness
a mental state free of jesting or trifling the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry

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Recent Examples of gravity The images conveyed gravity, purpose and leadership in a time of existential crisis. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026 Instead of relying on gravity, the PaCER centrifuges subject the solution to over 1,000 g. — David Szondy august 22, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026 There are several hundred stars that closely orbit this giant black hole and are sensitive to its gravity. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 Performing complex biological work is no longer limited to people whose advanced education and professional occupations would impress on them the gravity of their responsibilities to do no harm. — Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gravity
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  1. seriousness
  2. earnestness
Noun
  • These statements show a total disregard for confidentiality, basic investigative standards and the seriousness of ethics violations.
    — Collin Corbett, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Adults’s Gen-Z characters tend to see their comforts as transient, their identities as mutable, and seriousness as an annoying obligation, all of which the second season pokes at a bit.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of seriousness
Noun
  • Adults is almost always at its best when there’s a method to the madness, a kernel of earnestness at the heart of it all.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • That the earnestness the genre requires galls us cynics, who love to hide in our books, away from all those pesky bodies in the first place?
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of earnestness

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“Gravity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gravity. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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