somberly adv 1: in a somber manner; "`That's sure bad news,' said Dowd, somberly" [syn: {somberly}, {sombrely}]
Somberly \Som"ber*ly\, Sombrely \Som"bre*ly\, adv. In a somber manner; sombrously; gloomily; despondingly. [1913 Webster] Somberness