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soberly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial soberly has 1 sense
- soberly(r = adv.all) gravely, staidly - in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar"
CIDE DICTIONARY
soberly, adv.
In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously. [1913 Webster]
soberly, a.
Grave; serious; solemn; sad. [1913 Webster]
"[He] looked hollow and thereto soberly."
[1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
soberly
calmly, composedly, conservatively, coolly, decorously, demurely, dispassionately, earnestly, equably, evenly, formally, grandly, gravely, grimly, imposingly, in balance, in moderation, in reason, judiciously, loftily, magisterially, majestically, moderately, nobly, prudently, regally, restrainedly, royally, sedately, serenely, seriously, sober-mindedly, sobersidedly, solemnly, somberly, soothingly, staidly, stately, steadily, subduedly, temperately, thoughtfully, tranquilly, venerably, with dignity, within bounds, within compass, within reason, worthily
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