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soberly

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so·ber  (sbr)
adj. so·ber·er, so·ber·est
1. Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate.
2. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs.
3. Plain or subdued: sober attire.
4. Devoid of frivolity, excess, exaggeration, or speculative imagination; straightforward: gave a sober assessment of the situation.
5. Marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct or character. See Synonyms at serious.
6. Marked by circumspection and self-restraint.
tr. & intr.v. so·bered, so·ber·ing, so·bers
To make or become sober.

[Middle English, from Old French sobre, from Latin sbrius; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

sober·ly adv.
sober·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.soberly - in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar"
Translations
soberly [ˈsəʊbəlɪ] ADV
1. (= not drunkenly) → sobriamente
2. (= seriously) [say, look] → con seriedad, sobriamente
3. (= plainly) [decorated, dressed] → sobriamente, discretamente
he was soberly dressed in a dark suitvestía un traje oscuro y sobrio or discreto
soberly [ˈsəʊbərli] adv
[seriously] [say] → d'un ton sérieux
(= formally) [dressed] → sobrement, discrètement
soberly
advnüchtern; behavevernünftig; dress, furnishschlicht, dezent
soberly [ˈsəʊbəlɪ] advin modo sobrio, sobriamente
soberly [ˈsəʊbəlɪ] advin modo sobrio, sobriamente


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But I think my arrival at Tahiti would have driven out of my head matters of much more immediate importance to me, and even after a week I found it not easy to order myself soberly.
So he stood, after regaining balance, and soberly regarded, in a vain effort to understand, the mate with a bottle- bottom inverted skyward, the mouth to his lips, the while his throat made gulping contractions and noises.
"And a periwig," added little Alice, soberly, not knowing what was the article of dress which she recommended to our friend Charley.
 
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