adverb
definition
In a sober manner; temperately; coolly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
Examples of soberly in a Sentence
Alex nodded, soberly absorbing the information.
He met her gaze soberly, probably seeking the cause of her distress.
She continued to watch him soberly.
Balancing these mystic joys is the stern tone of his Resolutions, in which he is almost ascetic in his eagerness to live earnestly and soberly, to waste no time, to maintain the strictest temperance in eating and drinking.
He shook his head soberly.
Mary contemplated her soberly for a few moments and then spoke gently.
More soberly true is the statement that he went on long walks with enthusiastic disciples, whom he taught without books.
The hen is still more soberly attired; but it is perhaps the siskin's disposition to familiarity that makes it so favourite a captive, and, 'though as a cage-bird it is not ordinarily long-lived, it readily adapts itself to the loss of liberty.
At that time, however, a liberal policy towards dissent was adopted, the general court granting permission for churches " soberly to differ or dissent " from the establishment.
Alex regarded her soberly.
She shook her head soberly.
When they were all together he addressed them soberly.
He swung around, soberly surveying her from bare feet up, stopping at her breasts.
He nodded, still watching her soberly.
She met his gaze soberly.
He squatted beside her and scanned the horizon soberly.
He gazed down at her soberly.
Katie shook her head and gazed at Carmen soberly.
The dark eyes shifted to her face soberly.
She gazed up at him soberly.
His eyes were dark now - almost brown as he regarded her soberly.
Jean Baptiste Rene Robinet' followed out much the same line of thought as De Maillet, but less soberly; and Bonnet's speculations in the Palingenesie, which appeared in 1769, have already been mentioned.
As she watched him in the mirror, he stopped behind her and surveyed her soberly.
All available evidence must be collected, thoroughly sifted, soberly weighed, and, lastly, the historian must be animated by a sincere love of truth and a calm impartiality.