adjective
completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch
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choreography that was sobersided and sententious
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a play with a sobersided social message
• Similar to: ↑humorless, ↑humourless, ↑unhumorous
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjectivethe lean, sobersided, goateed, frock-coated types the cartoonists love — C.B.Palmer b. 1910
sobersided historians of the 17th century — Lindesay Parrott
2. : wholly serious in viewpoint or treatment : unrelieved by humor or light touches : solemn
book is no piece of sobersided pontificating — Time
a sobersided treatise on Congressional organization — R.H.Rovere
the choreography … is sobersided and sententious — Musical America
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/soh"beuhr suy'did/, adj.
solemn or grave in disposition, attitude, character, etc.; serious-minded.
[1840-50; SOBER + SIDE1 + -ED3]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.