sobriety• When he was through, Tip sensed the awkwardsobriety that had overcome his table.• But, employing the commercialsobriety for which they were being approached, they all refused.• Mortified by the twist in his sobriety, George decided to go the whole hog and join the TotalAbstinence Society.• His sobriety and temperament are questionable.• And he'd been more unkind than usual in this odd period of sobriety.• Terry had many periods of sobriety, including eight years in the 1980s.• As for the teacher, in most eases, he behaves with a sense of sobriety.• Looking around the room, I was immediately struck by the sobriety of these undergraduates.• That was our one break with sobriety.
Originsobriety
(1400-1500)Old Frenchsobrieté, from Latinsobrietas, from sobrius; → SOBER1