soberly
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As Pollock gave an interview on Monday, soberly stressing that the forthcoming season could be his last at the club, his straight face briefly broke as Mitchell smirked at him from across the room.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Gore soberly presented the earth’s dwindling ice, rising seas and increasingly violent weather.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
But if the movie’s just-so fatalism is less than galvanizing, it’s also soberly convincing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
“I can give you seven or eight categories in the budget that we have to consider soberly, and that’s one of them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
I gave my order as soberly as I could, and slamming down the door, with an “Aye, aye, mum,” the man made his horse walk, as if going to a funeral.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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