All 10 Uses

somber
in
The Lone Star Ranger
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"I'm done," he said, somberly.
Chpt 24 *

somberly = solemnly (in a manner that is serious--not cheerful or lighthearted)
The future seemed gray and somber enough.†
Chpt 2
One flashing glance showed Duane the open once more, a little valley below with a wide, shallow, rocky stream, a clump of cottonwoods beyond, a somber group of men facing him, and two dark, limp, strangely grotesque figures hanging from branches.†
Chpt 11
Otherwise the only striking thing about him was his somber face with its piercing eyes, and hair white over the temples.†
Chpt 15
Duane felt a dark, somber sternness.†
Chpt 17
Suddenly he threw off a somber cast of countenance, and he began to talk.†
Chpt 19
He found them at length, restless, somber, anxious, but unaware of the part he had played at Ord.†
Chpt 23
So the dark tide overwhelmed Duane, and when he left the room he was fierce, implacable, steeled to any outcome, quick like a panther, somber as death, in the thrall of his strange passion.†
Chpt 24
She was leading an old lady, gray-haired, austere-faced, somber and sad.†
Chpt 25
"It would indeed, uncle," replied Duane, and the old, haunting, somber mood returned.†
Chpt 25

Definitions:

(1) (somber as in: a somber mood)
serious (without cheer or lightheartedness); or sad
(2) (somber as in: somber colors)
lacking brightness or color -- perhaps gloomy
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)