All 5 Uses of
sober
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- When Miss Caroline threatened it with a similar fate the first grade exploded again, becoming cold sober only when the shadow of Miss Blount fell over them.
p. 28..9 (definition 1)sober = serious
- He sat on the side of Jem's bed, looked at us soberly, then he grinned.
p. 177..2 (definition 1) *soberly = in a serious manner
- Looking down the hall, we should have seen Atticus Finch, Attorney-at-Law in small sober letters against the light from behind his door.
p. 200..5 (definition 1)sober = serious
- ...Miss Rachel (sober as a judge),
p. 307..3 (definition 1)
- It was the general opinion of Maycomb, however, that Mrs. Merriweather had sobered him up and made a reasonably useful citizen of him.
p. 308..7 (definition 2) *sobered = became less drunk (or got completely past drunkenness)
Definitions:
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(1) (sobering as in: a sobering thought) serious or calm (not silly or excited); or making one serious or less excited
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(2) (sober up as in: I need to sober up.) to become less drunk or intoxicated