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Somberly

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som·ber  (smbr)
adj.
1.
a. Dark; gloomy.
b. Dull or dark in color.
2.
a. Melancholy; dismal: a somber mood.
b. Serious; grave.
[French sombre, from Old French, from *sombrer, to cast a shadow, from Late Latin subumbrre, from Latin sub umbr, in shadow : sub, under; see sub- + umbr, ablative of umbra, shadow.]
somber·ly adv.
somber·ness n.
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Adv.1.somberly - in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly"
sombrely
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On one small table tea things and supper dishes stood in disorder, and in the middle of the night a motley throng of people sat there, not merrymaking, but somberly whispering, and betraying by every word and movement that they none of them forgot what was happening and what was about to happen in the bedroom.
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"That's the way with all of them," Billy growled somberly.
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