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sobersided
adjective as in serious
Weak matches
- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- deadpan
- deliberate
- determined
- downbeat
- earnest
- funereal
- genuine
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- honest
- in earnest
- intent
- long-faced
- meditative
- no-nonsense
- pensive
- pokerfaced
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- severe
- sincere
- sober
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- thoughtful
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- weighty
Example Sentences
With that as the backdrop for the negotiations over the promised additional relief, it was smart of Trump to adopt a sobersided tone that reflected the concerns of voters.
Kelly has filled a somewhat similar role in ensuring congressional leaders that good practices are being followed and that the mercurial president has a sobersided voice in his inner circle.
But they coexist uneasily with the more sobersided stuff.
“He’s the genuine article: uncommonly serious and complex of thought, but not unmirthful, and not sobersided. And he’s immensely readable. What else would you want from a Nobel laureate?”
The audiences may not reflect Scotland’s voting population, but the appeal of the independence message against the sobersided caution of the pro-Union camp is clear.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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