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Definition of Soberly
1. Adverb. In a grave and sober manner. "He walked soberly toward the altar"
Definition of Soberly
1. adv. In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
2. a. Grave; serious; solemn; sad.
Definition of Soberly
1. Adverb. in a sober manner ¹
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Definition of Soberly
1. in a sober manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soberly
Literary usage of Soberly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar: With by William Wycherley, William Congreve, Leigh Hunt, John Vanbrugh, George Farquhar (1840)
"But I forget, you are a prude, and design to live soberly. Ciar. ... I could in
summer pass my time very agreeably, in riding soberly, in walking soberly, ..."
2. The Piper: A Play in Four Acts by Josephine Preston Peabody (1909)
"... we render thanks more soberly — HANS the Butcher soberly, soberly, ay !
— JACOBUS For our deliverance. And now, ye wit, it will be full three days Since ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... a little with his heed, And stint a while, and afterward he woke, And soberly
on her he threw his ioke, And said, *' I am, albeit to you no joy, ..."
4. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1899)
"This victory gained, the evil being conquered, we should live soberly. The temperate
of v. 2. Righteously. Toward men, as expressed in the virtues ..."
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