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   grav·i·ty

   /ˈɡravədē/

   noun

   • 1. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. Similar attractionattracting forcedownward forcepullweightheaviness
   • ▪ the degree of intensity of gravity, measured by acceleration.
   • 2. extreme or alarming importance; seriousness: "crimes of the utmost gravity" Similar seriousnessimportanceprofunditysignificancemomentousnessmomentweightinessweightconsequencemagnitudecriticalnessacutenesscrucialityurgencyexigencedirenessterriblenessawfulnessdreadfulnessprecariousnessperilousnessperilhazarddangerthreatmenaceriskinformal:hairinessiffinesschancinessdodginessformal:egregiousnessOpposite triviality
   • 3. seriousness or solemnity of manner: "has the poet ever spoken with greater eloquence or gravity?" Similar solemnityseriousnesssombernesssobrietysobernessseverityunsmilingnessstone-facednesslong-facednessgrim-facednessgrimnesshumorlessnessgloominesspreoccupationthoughtfulnessdignitystaidnessdournessaloofnessOpposite cheerfulnesslevity

   Word Origin late 15th century (in gravity (sense 2)): from Old French, or from Latin gravitas ‘weight, seriousness’, from gravis ‘heavy’. gravity (sense 1) dates from the 17th century.

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