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# sobriety

noun (no plural)

«sobriety» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The state of not being drunk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#m1)
2. (formal) A calm, serious, sensible way of behaving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a person's steady, sensible character, which makes it a surprise when he drinks and sings; in the lessons it describes a serious manner

### Examples

- His sobriety had never been doubted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#x1)
- The judge was known for his sobriety. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#x2)
- Everyone trusted him because of his sobriety. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sobriety» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sobriety» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sobriety.html) on Mova free.