gravely
/ˈɡreɪvli/
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- Short i vowel
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- Final y vowel sound
gra - ve - ly -> gravely
grave1 / greÇv / adj (-r, -st )
၁။ (fml ) လေးနက်သော။ အရေးကြီးသော။ စိုးရိမ်ဖွယ်ဖြစ်သော။ This could have grave consequences. ❍ a grave mistake/ error ❍ grave news/ danger ❍ have grave doubts about sth ❍ There is a grave risk of flooding. ❍ He is in a grave condition and needs immediate medical treatment.
၂။ လေးဆေးတည်ငြိမ်သော။ He looked grave. 'Is there anything wrong?' I asked.
❏ gravely adv စိုးရိမ်ဖွယ်။ လေးနက်စွာ။ လေးဆေး တည်ငြိမ်စွာ။ She is gravely ill. ❍ If you think that, you are gravely mistaken. ❍ ‘It's a confidential matter,’ he said gravely.
၁။ [C] သင်္ချိုင်းမြေပုံ။ အုတ်ဂူ။ strewing flowers on her grave ❍ visit sb's grave.
၂။ (often the grave ) [sing] (rhet ) သေခြင်း။ သင်္ချိုင်း။ Is there life beyond the grave (ie after death)? ❍ follow sb to the grave (ie die soon after them) ❍ go to an early grave (ie die young) ❍ He took his secret to the grave (ie died without revealing it).
❏ turn in one's grave [IDM ] (saying ) သေရာက ဒေါသ တနုံ့နုံ့ ဖြစ်သည်။ His grandfather must be turning in his grave at the way he's running the company.
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