soberly
English
Etymology
From Middle English soberly; equivalent to sober + -ly.
Adverb
soberly (comparative more soberly, superlative most soberly)
- In a sober manner; temperately; coolly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
- 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
- They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
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