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Definition of Sobersided
1. Adjective. Completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch. "A play with a sobersided social message"
Definition of Sobersided
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sobersided
Literary usage of Sobersided
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1848)
"Having no male acquaintances in London, except two sobersided bankers, he is at
a loss for seconds. Finally he prevails on two of the opera chorus, ..."
2. The Founding of a Nation: The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, Their Voyage on by Frank Moody Gregg (1915)
"While I was being afflicted with this internal mirth at the sobersided colonists,
I happened to glance towards Captain Standish. There was a merry twinkle ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Miller, D. D., LL. D.: Second Professor in the by Samuel Miller (1869)
"The sobersided old Scotchmen smiled ; the Doctor followed suit; I gained my point.
I think, as a pulpit orator, the world has not seen his equal since Paul, ..."
4. The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1876)
"Keep, honest sobersided men, Across your mouths the impatient pen, I will supply
you with a dozen When your ink ceases to be frozen. xxxiv. ..."
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