1550s, "solemnly," from grave (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "in an important degree" is by 1835.
is gravely ill
gravamen
grave
grave-digger
gravel
gravelly
gravely
graven
Gravenstein
graver
Graves' disease
gravestone
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