soberly

This, looked soberly in the face,” Lincoln understated at the time, “is not very satisfactory.

So Israelis are approaching this soberly—but most laugh off reports of celebrations from Gaza.

They speak slowly and soberly, the pain evident in their voices, their faces etched with despair.

My informant is a veteran Republican from the West; he spoke soberly of the GOP frontrunner.

Brooks arrived for her questioning dressed soberly in navy with a demure little heart-shaped charm dangling from a necklace.

The old ladies sat round as we examined these things, each eating soberly at her ledge and never looking round.

He looked about, half expecting to see a priest; his eye lit on a cavalier, soberly dressed, with his hood pulled over his head.

Gilding, soberly applied, shone here and there like eyes, brightening the brown color which prevailed in this nest of love.

She took her own path soberly home again, not across the marsh this time, but half the way by the high-road.

They stamped and raked quite soberly for a moment, and then Isabel began to laugh again.