SOBERLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soberly mean? 

• SOBERLY (adverb)
  The adverb SOBERLY has 1 sense:

1. in a grave and sober manner

  Familiarity information: SOBERLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOBERLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a grave and sober manner

Synonyms:

gravely; soberly; staidly

Context example:

he walked soberly toward the altar

Pertainym:

sober (dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises)

 Context examples 

"I hope so," said Meg soberly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“We are saved,” I said, soberly and solemnly.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Brissenden grinned soberly in the way he had when pleased by the thing his thin lips were about to shape.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You and I, Mina dear, who are engaged and are going to settle down soon soberly into old married women, can despise vanity.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume of some dry divinity on his reading desk, until the clock of the neighbouring church rang out the hour of twelve, when he would go soberly and gratefully to bed.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

With her eyes on her work Jo answered soberly, I want something new.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Everyone thought soberly for a minute, then Meg announced, as if the idea was suggested by the sight of her own pretty hands, "I shall give her a nice pair of gloves."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The second year began rather soberly, for their prospects did not brighten, and Aunt March died suddenly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Presently Jo said very soberly, as she sat down on the step of the stile, "Laurie, I want to tell you something."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)