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soberly

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American soundsoberly
soberly
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so - ber - ly -> soberly

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sober /'sǝƱbǝ(r)/ adj

၁။ အရက်မသောက်သော။ အရက်သောက် ထားသော်လည်း ဣနြေ္ဒမပျက်သော၊ မမူးသော။ Were you completely sober when you said that? ❍ I was as sober as a judge (ie completely sober). ❍ He drinks a lot but always seems sober.
၂။ တည်ကြည်သော။ တည်ငြိမ်အေးဆေး သော။ သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ်သော။ အလွန်အကျွံ မဟုတ်သော။ a sober and hardworking young man ❍ make a sober estimate of what is possible ❍ a sober analysis of the facts.
၃။ ဣနြေ္ဒရသော(အရောင်)။ (အရောင်)မတောက်ပသော။ ဗြောင်။ a sober grey suit.
v အပိုးသတ်(ပေး)သည်။ His gloomy news sobered us a little.
❏ sober (sb) up [PHRV ] အရက်မူး ပြေသည်၊ ပြေစေသည်။ put him to bed until he sobers up. ❍ Some black coffee will help to sober you up.
❏ sobering adj အလေးအနက် ဆင်ခြင်စေသော။ အပိုးသတ် လိုက်သော။ it’s a sobering thought. ❍ The news had a sobering effect.
❏ soberly adv တည်တည်ကြည်ကြည်။ အေးအေးဆေးဆေး။ ဣနြေ္ဒရရ။ decide sth soberly ❍ soberly dressed.

More examples
  • We’ll talk about this tomorrow, when you’re sober.
  • A sober voice on the radio announced the bad news.
  • We need a more sober assessment of the chances of ending this war.
  • I’d suggest wearing something more sober for an event like this.
  • My conscience is sober as a judge, and just as judgmental.
  • Let’s look at the problem soberly.
  • Soberly dressed
Synonyms
abstemious, clear-headed, temperate, tee-total, moderate, restrained, abnegating, abstaining, abstinent, ascetic, calm, cold, cold sober, collected, composed, constrained, continent, controlled, cool, dark, disciplined, dispassionate, down-to-earth, drab, dreary, dry, dull, earnest, eschewing, forgoing, grave, hard-boiled, imperturbable, inhibited, levelheaded, low-key, lucid, no-nonsense, nonindulgent, not drunk, on the wagon, pacific, peaceful; dull, plain, practical, quiet, rational, realistic, reasonable, reserved, sedate, self-possessed, serene, serious, severe, sobering, soft, solemn, somber, sound, staid, steady, subdued, teetotal, thoughtful, tone down, toned down, took the pledge, unexcited, unimpassioned, unruffled
Antonyms
agitated, annoyed, boisterous, bright, cheerful, drunk, excitable, excited, flippant, friendly, frivolous, funny, happy, immoderate, impractical, inebriated, insincere, irrational, light, nervous, trivial, troubled, unimportant, unrealistic, unreasonable, unserious, upset, worried
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abstemiousclear-headedtemperatetee-totalmoderaterestrainedabnegatingabstainingabstinentasceticcalmcoldcold sobercollectedcomposedconstrainedcontinentcontrolledcooldarkdisciplineddispassionatedown-to-earthdrabdrearydrydullearnest
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