soberness
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Soberness of statement, a simple, direct, civic style, with only an underthrob of personal emotion, were what I must at all costs achieve.
From And Even Now by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
Soberness had now visited the pair behind us; even Lin's lively talk had quieted, and his tones were low and few.
From Lin McLean by Wister, Owen
Fye, brother, fye, and specially you, sister Dalilah, Soberness becometh maids alway.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew
