| 单词 | somberly |
| 释义 | somberly (once / 18325 pages) adv When you do something in a serious or sad way, you do it somberly. If you're giving a friend bad news, you'll probably deliver it somberly. Mourners in a funeral procession walk somberly, and someone hearing a sad story will listen somberly. This bleak and solemn adverb comes from the adjective somber, which means "serious" or "dark and dull in color," and is from the Old French sombre, "dark and gloomy." The Late Latin root is subumbrare, "to shadow." WORD FAMILYsomber: somberer, somberest, somberly, somberness USAGE EXAMPLESNow, he somberly speaks of the plight of the town’s people away from home and without hope of returning soon. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) In the postgame news conference, without the leader of their offense, the players spoke somberly about the journey to their first state final. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) As dusk arrived Sunday, the Dolphins somberly packed their bags following their most lopsided defeat of the season, a 38-6 bashing by the Baltimore Ravens. Washington Times(Dec 04, 2016) adv in a somber manner `That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly Syn sombrely |
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