All 7 Uses of
sober
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- "I'll imagine that I like them," said Anne soberly.†
Chpt 11 *
- But you're so featherbrained, Anne, I've been waiting to see if you'd sober down a little and learn to be steady before I begin.†
Chpt 13
- Gilbert had whisked the pin out of sight and was studying his history with the soberest face in the world; but when the commotion subsided he looked at Anne and winked with inexpressible drollery.†
Chpt 15
- I just told her plainly that currant wine wasn't meant to be drunk three tumblerfuls at a time and that if a child I had to do with was so greedy I'd sober her up with a right good spanking."†
Chpt 16
- He recalled the cluster of little girls he had seen around her that evening—all gay in waists of red and blue and pink and white—and he wondered why Marilla always kept her so plainly and soberly gowned.†
Chpt 25
- The spring was abroad in the land and Marilla's sober, middle-aged step was lighter and swifter because of its deep, primal gladness.†
Chpt 27
- Anne and Diana walked home that evening feeling very sober indeed.†
Chpt 32 *
Definitions:
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(sobering as in: a sobering thought) serious or calm (not silly or excited); or making one serious or less excited
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(sober as in: Talk to me when your sober.) not under the influence of alcohol