英语词汇“soberly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adv

When you do things soberly, you do them in a calm and thoughtful way. When you're watching the news on TV, you expect reporters to speak soberly, rather than being silly.

If you're a serious student, you probably think soberly about each question on a history test, and when your teacher looks soberly at the class before saying, "I need your attention," you know she means business. The adverb soberly comes from sober, which has the primary meaning of "not under the influence of drugs or alcohol," but also means "grave or serious." The Latin root, sobrius also has two meanings: "not drunk," and "sensible."

WORD FAMILY

sober: sobered, soberer, soberest, sobering, soberingly, soberly, soberness, sobers

USAGE EXAMPLES

As the news of Mr Mnuchin’s nomination broke, he spoke soberly on CNBC, a business news channel, of the need to reform the tax code.

Economist(Dec 01, 2016)

Accompanied by three security guards, he would shuffle quickly into the dock, pale-faced, soberly dressed and appearing older than his 41 years.

BBC(Nov 23, 2016)

In the car, when I pressed her, she said, soberly, that she wouldn’t vote for President if Clinton was up by a safe margin.

The New Yorker(Oct 19, 2016)

adv in a grave and sober manner

he walked soberly toward the altar

Syn

gravely, staidly

单词	soberly
释义	soberly (once / 1557 pages) adv When you do things soberly, you do them in a calm and thoughtful way. When you're watching the news on TV, you expect reporters to speak soberly, rather than being silly. If you're a serious student, you probably think soberly about each question on a history test, and when your teacher looks soberly at the class before saying, "I need your attention," you know she means business. The adverb soberly comes from sober, which has the primary meaning of "not under the influence of drugs or alcohol," but also means "grave or serious." The Latin root, sobrius also has two meanings: "not drunk," and "sensible." WORD FAMILY sober: sobered, soberer, soberest, sobering, soberingly, soberly, soberness, sobers USAGE EXAMPLES As the news of Mr Mnuchin’s nomination broke, he spoke soberly on CNBC, a business news channel, of the need to reform the tax code. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) Accompanied by three security guards, he would shuffle quickly into the dock, pale-faced, soberly dressed and appearing older than his 41 years. BBC(Nov 23, 2016) In the car, when I pressed her, she said, soberly, that she wouldn’t vote for President if Clinton was up by a safe margin. The New Yorker(Oct 19, 2016) adv in a grave and sober manner he walked soberly toward the altar Syn gravely, staidly
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