What is grave; serious; solemn; sad. [Obs.] [He] looked hollow and thereto soberly. Chaucer called?
soberly — Grave; serious; solemn; sad. [Obs.] [He] looked hollow and thereto soberly. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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