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soberly

/ˈsəʊbəli/SOH-bur-lee
/ˈsoʊbɚli/SOH-bur-lee

Meaningin a sober way

Common meaning: seriously

Other meanings: calmly

Journey through time

  1. Latinsobriumsource
  2. Frenchsobresource
  3. Middle Englishsobresource
  4. Englishsober‘not drunk’
  5. Englishformed in English from sobersoberly‘seriously’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from sober + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SOBER, p.570 · scan

Source words

  • sobrium Latin · source word “not drunk”

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