All 9 Uses

sober
in
Glory Road
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I was trying to jolly her but Star doesn't jolly. She answered in sober earnest.
Chpt 19 *

sober = serious
At last she stopped and looked me over again, carefully and soberly.†
Chpt 2
She took a deep breath and said soberly, "I advertised.†
Chpt 4
But it was dead and it smelled wonderful and I ate a lot of it and sobered up.†
Chpt 8 *
But I was sober and did not let his praises impress me with my own greatness; I knew better.†
Chpt 10
Luckily we had a breathing spell in which I sobered down and took to heart the oldest lesson on patrol: You can't do the other man's job.†
Chpt 12
She said soberly, "Milord, sixty-three brave men have died getting the information I now offer you."†
Chpt 13
She looked up at me very soberly.†
Chpt 17
I tossed him against a wall and took my suitcase outside and went to the airport—and then Seattle and Anchorage, Alaska, and wound up at Elmendorf AFB, clean, sober, and with the Lady Vivamus disguised as fishing tackle.†
Chpt 22 *

Definitions:

(1) (sober as in: Talk to me when your sober.)
not under the influence of alcohol
(2) (sober up as in: I need to sober up.)
to become less drunk or intoxicated
(3) (sobering as in: a sobering thought)
serious or calm (not silly or excited); or making one serious or less excited
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
More rarely, sober can refer to one who is rational rather than under the influence of extreme emotion. Also more rarely, it can reference that which is practical rather than fanciful -- such as "a more sober plan."