sober

a sober view of life.

a sober grey suit.

gave a sober assessment of the situation.

the usually sober attire of British security service personnel.

The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.

I wish those noisy children would sober down.

The man was still sober when he went home.

The news sobered all of them.

The offender apologized when he sobered up.

more sober views were vindicated by events.

Later she sobered down and married somebody else.

I was driving, so of course I was sober as a judge.

He talked to us in a sober friendly fashion.