So·ber·ly, adv. In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.
  So·ber·ly, a. Grave; serious; solemn; sad. [Obs.]
     [He] looked hollow and thereto soberly.   --Chaucer.
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  soberly
       adv : in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the
             altar" [syn: gravely, staidly]