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somberly

adverb as in soberly

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When he ended Vieux Carré with the stage direction, “The house is empty now,” Lahr somberly terms it “an augury and an epitaph.”

But even by his inaugural he was preparing the nation for war: “There can be no turning back,” he somberly said.

“The last several weeks have been a difficult time for the U.S. Secret Service,” Sullivan somberly told the panel.

I sat there, feeling very much alone, with Holaf watching me somberly, the only light a flickering amber from the fire.

Doña Jocasta paced the outer corridor, watched somberly by Padre Andreas on whom the beauty of the hour was lost.

His unsmiling eyes are looking somberly, sternly, accusingly into hers.

She urged her pony away and left him, staring somberly after her.

His eyes glowed somberly but he did not more or glance aside.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to somberly, such as: earnestly, staidly, quietly, sedately, and seriously.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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