soberly
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A lot of that was gassy rambling just to fill the air—it was painful to listen to shows that usually bicker about bad trades and general managers start soberly inveighing like journalism tribunals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Responding on Thursday, a Chinese government spokesman said they "advise relevant parties to correctly and soberly understand China's role and not to make irresponsible remarks".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
“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
His appearances were billed as a “Reality Check”: He spoke about the news of the day soberly, using history to “make sense of the present.”
From Slate • Nov. 1, 2024
Watching Mercy this morning, she thought again, soberly, of the words that Mercy had spoken earlier in the summer.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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