somberly

as insoberly

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adv gravely

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Word Origin & History

1760 "gloomy, shadowy" (earlier sombrous, c.1730), from French sombre "dark, gloomy," from Old French sombre (14c.), from an adjective from Late Latin subumbrare "to shadow," from sub "under" (see sub-) + umbra "shade, shadow," perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE *andho- "blind, dark" (see umbrage). Related: Somberly; somberness.

Example Sentences for somberly

He rose and went to the foot of the bed and stood there, regarding her somberly.

"If it's safe for us to let people know where we are by then," Jan said somberly.

"That, taken with everything else, all but got me down," said he somberly.

They tell me Im living in a prison of self, invisible and ascetic and somberly just.

"We'd better run for it at the first chance," he said, somberly.

"All right," responded Cleve, somberly, and with a heavy tread he left the room.

Andrews watched him somberly for a moment then reached for the microphone.

“You know well enough how far I agree with you,” said Burr somberly.

Somberly she looked upon Cherkis, into the devil fires of his eyes.

"It is time for us to sing these songs in the street," said Vyesovshchikov somberly.

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