sober
adjective
not intoxicated or drunk.
soberly
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a word derived from
sober.
Example Sentences
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As Pollock gave an interview on Monday, soberly stressing that the forthcoming season could be his last at the club, his straight face briefly broke as Mitchell smirked at him from across the room.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Gore soberly presented the earth’s dwindling ice, rising seas and increasingly violent weather.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
A lot of that was gassy rambling just to fill the air—it was painful to listen to shows that usually bicker about bad trades and general managers start soberly inveighing like journalism tribunals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“I can give you seven or eight categories in the budget that we have to consider soberly, and that’s one of them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
“I just told you they’re crazy, didn’t I? And you can’t let crazy people decide whether you’re crazy or not, can you ?” Yossarian looked at him soberly and tried another approach.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
