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Meanings of soberness in English

Portuguese
sobriedade
Catalan
sobrietat

A manner that is serious and solemn.

      sobriedade
      Usage of soberness in English
      1
      The Rectangle viewed it with soberness and more or less wondering admiration.
      In His Steps
      2
      The constant smiles on that remarkable face gave way to soberness profound.
      Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs
      3
      He could not see the soberness with which Dalgard listened to that.
      Star Born
      4
      Too much hardihood, my valiant soldier, is in soberness allied to over-daring.
      Waverley Novels — Volume 12
      5
      The quick, pleased smile that leaped to his face faded to soberness.
      Poor Man's Rock
      6
      All of which he declared, with words of soberness, to be true.
      The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
      7
      Gary spoke with absurd soberness, but the doctor gave him no attention.
      Melbourne House, Volume 2
      8
      And this Italian dream I dreamed with them in perfect soberness.
      The Bride of Dreams
      9
      I speak the words of truth and soberness, and you must hear them.
      Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
      10
      When he thought of this in soberness, he was angrier still.
      Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
      11
      Grace approved his soberness and frank gravity; and then she pulled herself up.
      Lister's Great Adventure
      12
      I speak to you but the words of truth and soberness, Mr. Bacon.
      The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
      13
      The soberness to which this brought him at last satisfied her.
      A Hoosier Chronicle
      14
      Emboldened by that smile, the dog suddenly laid aside his soberness of demeanor.
      The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
      15
      The deadly phrase shocked Jeff Rankin a pace back toward soberness.
      Way of the Lawless
      16
      The face, with its crude features and deep furrows, relaxed into intense soberness.
      The Crisis — Volume 03
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      Translations for soberness
      Portuguese
      sobriedade
      Catalan
      sobrietat
      Soberness through the time
      Soberness across language varieties
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