somberly
adverb
US(UKsombrely)us/ˈsɑːm.bɚ.li/uk/ˈsɒm.bə.li/in a way that isserious,sad, and withouthumororentertainment:
"She haslostonebrotheralready," he said somberly.
The twoconversedsomberly for a while thenorderedsandwiches.
in a way that isdarkandplain:
She wouldprefermournerstodresssomberly.
Visitors,suitablyand somberlyattired, camethickandfast.
See
somber
- Thenightstartedsomberly with a minute'ssilence.
- Theywalkedsomberly tocourtyesterdayat thestartof afreshordeal.
- He isdressedcasually, if somberly, inblack.
Lacking humour
- be no laughing matteridiom
- beyond
- earnestly
- earnestness
- intense
- joke
- laugh
- mirthlessly
- overearnest
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- seriously
- solemn
- solemnity
- starchy
- turgidity
- turgidly
- ultra-serious
- unamusing
- unfunny
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