All 10 Uses

sober
in
The Merchant of Death
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"Save them and they'll kill you," he said soberly.
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soberly = seriously
They're all missing," she said soberly.†
Courtney threw a sober stare at Mark and said, "If we can get things to Bobby, that means we can tell him his family disappeared."†
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I g-guess we're going to the subway," Mark said soberly.†
There are a ton of things I don't know," he said soberly.†
"If the Milago use that, it will be the end of Denduron," he answered soberly.†
It wouldn't matter," said Mark soberly.†
"Well, yeah," I answered soberly.†
"Do you think he has another bomb?" she asked soberly.†
"If the explosion did this to the palace," she said soberly, "then what of the Milago village?"†

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."