sobriamente
Portuguese, adverb
sobriamente is spelled S-O-B-R-I-A-M-E-N-T-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobriamente is a Portuguese adverb meaning “soberly, moderately, temperately” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sòbriamente is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de maneira sóbria”.
What does sobriamente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
soberly, moderately, temperately
- 2
modestly
- 3
discreetly
adverb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1973 in Portugal) of sobriamente
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de maneira sóbria
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is sobriamente in Portuguese?
sobriamente appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).