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• r  in a grave and sober manner
  he walked soberly toward the altar

• The picture is full of strong, soberly realistic performances; its melodramatic beats are not too many and, in context, not particularly overstated.
• Four historians of the time soberly reported that he was buried, and that on the third day the carpenter, Jesus, rose from the dead.
• When he soberly asks why the ashes are necessary, she replies that they enhance "spiritual transmission" between healer and patient.

• gravely
• staidly

News & Articles

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• Study: Many designated drivers are impaired
  A new study suggests designated drivers are not taking their duties seriously, or soberly.
  June 12, 2013 - WSFA 12 Montgomery
• Study finds many designated drivers drink enough alcohol to impair driving
  A new study suggests designated drivers are not taking their duties seriously, or soberly. 0 read more
  June 11, 2013 - KTSM El Paso

Quotes

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• the Apostle Paul in Albert Lea Tribune
  The Apostle Paul wrote of the grace of God in Titus 2:11-12, "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this...
• John Howard in The Age
  We will use the majority we have,Mr Howard said to applause. "We'll use it ...... soberly, wisely and sensibly. We won't use it capriciously or wantonly or indiscriminately, and I make that solemn promise on your behalf to all of the...
• Mark Damazer in Telegraph.co.uk
  Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer said: "We will celebrate soberly and parsimoniously - but we are much cheered. And more than 25 years after the arrival of breakfast television Today goes from strength to strength. There remains a huge appetite for...