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soberly /ˈsəʊbəli /adverb1In a serious, sensible, and solemn manner: we must soberly assess their actions you spoke very soberly and seriously in your statement...- Although soberly written, this biography of the dictator bristles with moral indignation.
- Acting most soberly, the government co-operated with the US authorities, regardless of the fact that it was pressurised.
- Their arms folded across their chests, they stare soberly at what one assumes is the person taking the picture.
1.1In a manner that is muted in colour; plainly: soberly dressed men in black or grey...- Anyone appearing in court should dress soberly and appropriately.
- The soberly dressed singers play many 'roles', if you will, but they essentially represent a civilization in decay.
- He was neatly but soberly attired in a deep black afternoon suit, a modest topper set at a slight angle on his thinning gray hair.
2With moderation or self-restraint; temperately: the citizens lived soberly and simply...- The commercial opens on a dreary winter's night with a family soberly sipping their watery soup.
- He knows when to act funny and when to act more soberly.
- When he returned to painting, it was in the soberly naturalistic style associated with the Euston Road School.
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