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# sobriety

«sobriety» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of not being drunk** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The state of not being drunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#m1)

2) (formal) A calm, serious, sensible way of behaving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#x1)
- The judge was known for his sobriety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#x2)
- Everyone trusted him because of his sobriety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sobriety» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sobriety/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.