sobersidedness

noun

as in earnestness

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  1. earnestness
  2. soberness
  3. seriousness
  4. grimness
Noun
  • The earnestness of this story just doesn’t work as well when everything is done in such blatantly artificial ways and for obvious pursuit of profit.
    — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 8 July 2026
  • Despite the seriocomic set-up, as Vibeke gets more unstable, Mengel refuses to play her irrationality for laughs, instead taking the more difficult route of earnestness.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026
Definition of earnestness
Noun
  • Because of the way the director works, emotions tend to be more discussed than felt, although there’s something about Carla’s desperation that pierces through all the soberness.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of soberness
Noun
  • The argument draws on Vladimir Solovyov, a 19th-century Russian philosopher, and on Pope Benedict XVI, and it is developed with genuine theological seriousness.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • The cocktails carry the seriousness of people who actually care about balance.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of seriousness
Noun
  • Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026
  • The show has too many blandly interchangeable characters, too much grimness, too much repetition (and not just of Targaryen first names) and too much thumb-twiddling.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026
Definition of grimness
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