| Reportedly remained sober |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Sober enough to give help to good man (5) |
|
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| Respectable, unadventurous (5) |
|
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| Sedate. grave (5) |
|
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| Poshly conventional |
|
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| Said to have stayed sober |
|
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| Serious paramedic skill ignores needle holder? (5) |
|
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| Sedate |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 May 2025 |
| Sober, and remained so, we hear (5) |
|
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| Not at all impulsive |
|
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| Stuck-in-the-mud (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Apr 2025 |
| Sedate |
The Telegraph Plusword |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Stopped being noisy when sober (5) |
|
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| For listeners, remained formal |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Sedate the sober, who remained, I hear (5) |
|
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| Sober and serious |
|
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| Very proper and unwilling to change |
|
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| One way to help to be sober (5) |
|
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| A sedate "It's a new day" (5) |
|
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| Said to get around head teacher, very sedate (5) |
|
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| Held up, you say, as prim and proper (5) |
|
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| Stayed to be declared sober (5) |
|
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| Sedate, decorous (5) |
|
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| Settled, sedate (5) |
|
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| Remained sound, being sober (5) |
|
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| Sound stayed serious (5) |
|
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| Remained (audibly) sedate (5) |
|
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| Composed |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Jan 2025 |
| Respectable and unadventurous (5) |
|
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| For the prim, an upsettingly distasteful start (5) |
|
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| Mentioned having lingered by grave (5) |
|
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| For speech, remained sober |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Remained soundly sober (5) |
|
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| Sober and steady (5) |
|
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| Strangely distant, to start with, and demure (5) |
|
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| Humorless |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2024 |
| Sober street given help (5) |
|
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| A saint needs help to stay sober |
|
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| Dignified way to help |
|
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| Straitlaced |
Premier Sunday |
27 Oct 2024 |
| Sedate |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Remained. we hear, sedate (5) |
|
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| Reportedly stopped being overly serious (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Oct 2024 |
| When speaking, remained sober |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
10 Oct 2024 |
| Sedate holy man in need of help (5) |
|
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| If you want to be sober, a saint will help (5) |
|
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| Sedate, respectable (5) |
|
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| Being sober, said to consume only a little tea! (5) |
|
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| Sober, with saintly assistance (5) |
|
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| Unadventurous holy man takes on assistance (5) |
|
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| Held up, we're told, as proper (5) |
|
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| Dignified and proper (5) |
|
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| Unadventurous set rejecting European support (5) |
|
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| Sober, but said to be out to start trouble |
|
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| Supported verbally the prim and proper (5) |
|
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| Conservative (attitude) |
|
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| Proper way to give assistance to (5) |
|
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| By the sound of it, remained sober |
The Times Cryptic |
30 Aug 2024 |
| Sedate street given help (5) |
|
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| Remained for the audition, as is proper (5) |
|
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| Serious and old-fashioned |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2024 |
| To give a saint help, you need to be sober (5) |
|
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| Rather dull |
Mirror Tea Time |
15 Jul 2024 |
| Conservative in style |
|
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| Reportedly remained respectable |
Mirror Cryptic |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Sedate |
Mirror Quick |
26 Jun 2024 |
| Stayed sound and sober |
|
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| Steady, sober |
|
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| Sober and dull |
|
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| Like people who are unlikely to let their hair down |
|
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| Sober short time in Egyptian port (5) |
|
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| Sedate or stuffy |
|
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| Serious |
LA Times Daily |
07 May 2024 |
| Said to have remained sober (5) |
|
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| Proper way to help (5) |
|
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| On the radio, remained respectable (5) |
|
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| Boringly sober (5) |
|
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| Reportedly remained sober (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
26 Apr 2024 |
| Sedate street needing help (5) |
|
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| Set in ones ways |
|
|
| Dull and old-fashioned |
|
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| Good man needs help to become sober (5) |
|
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| Sober way to help (5) |
|
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| Voice stayed sober (5) |
|
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| Rather dull |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Apr 2024 |
| Quiet son volunteers identification (5) |
|
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| Dignified, proper (5) |
|
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| Finish first with the help of being sober (5) |
|
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| Verbally supported the prim and proper (5) |
|
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| Sedate (of character) |
|
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| Remained sound and composed (5) |
|
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| Settled and sedate in character (5) |
|
|
| Dull and steady (5) |
|
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| Unadventurous and respectable (5) |
|
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| Sedate (character) |
|
|
| Stayed pronouncedly sober (5) |
|
|
| A saint gives help but remains sedate (5) |
|
|
| Help is on the way for the sober (5) |
|
|
| Sedate, unadventurous |
The Times Concise |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Dignified |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2024 |
| Serious |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Of sedate and steady character (5) |
|
|
| Blandly proper |
|
|
| Far from wild |
Newsday |
17 Feb 2024 |
| The proper time to have spoken about (5) |
|
|
| Restrained, sober (5) |
|
|
| Conventional assistance below street (5) |
|
|
| Rather reserved |
LA Times Mini |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Reportedly remained sober |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
19 Jan 2024 |
| Traditional grave (5) |
|
|
| Unadventurous |
Universal |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Steady and sober |
|
|
| Solemn unadventurous |
|
|
| Supported verbally by the prim and proper (5) |
|
|
| Strait-laced and rarely smiling |
Family Time |
04 Dec 2023 |
| Sedate Seth at intervals given support (5) |
|
|
| Straitlaced |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Nov 2023 |
| Demure actress taught Fonda Stanislavski method last of all |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Sep 2023 |
| Serious and unadventurous |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2023 |
| Not showy |
New York Times |
14 Jun 2023 |
| Strait-laced |
Newsday |
28 May 2023 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
20 May 2023 |
| Prim and proper |
Universal |
29 Apr 2023 |
| Straight-laced |
Universal |
19 Mar 2023 |
| Serious-minded |
New York Times |
10 Feb 2023 |
| Straight-laced |
Universal |
18 Jan 2023 |
| Prim and respectable |
Universal |
29 Dec 2022 |
| Unflappable |
LA Times Daily |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Reportedly remained sober |
|
|
| Unadventurous |
Universal |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Stiffly proper |
Newsday |
16 Oct 2022 |
| Composed |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Sep 2022 |
| On radio, remained calm and composed |
The Times Cryptic |
06 Sep 2022 |
| Difficult to upset |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Aug 2022 |
| Serious-minded |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2022 |
| Sedate, formal |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jun 2022 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
23 May 2022 |
| Strait-laced |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 May 2022 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Apr 2022 |
| Composed |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Mar 2022 |
| Unadventurous |
Universal |
30 Mar 2022 |
| Unadventurous |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Mar 2022 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Nov 2021 |
| Unadventurous |
Universal |
25 Oct 2021 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Unexcitable |
Newsday |
22 Aug 2021 |
| Tranquil |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Conservative help propping up vacated seat |
|
|
| Stiffly proper |
Newsday |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Unadventurous |
Universal |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Boringly proper |
New York Times |
15 Mar 2021 |
| Serious and sedate |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2021 |
| Serious charity supporting pious individual |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Strait-laced |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Unadventurous |
New York Times |
26 Jan 2021 |
| Far from wild |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Sedate and stuffy |
Family Time |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Respectably serious |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Dec 2020 |
| Not capricious |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2020 |
| Quietly respectable |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Primly restrained |
Family Time |
11 Oct 2020 |
| Grave of dictator's endured |
|
|
| Sedate |
Universal |
08 Jul 2020 |
| Self-restrained |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Self-restrained |
The Washington Post |
30 Jun 2020 |
| Unadventurous |
The Times Concise |
04 Jun 2020 |
| Serious-minded |
New York Times |
31 May 2020 |
| No-nonsense |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2020 |
| No-nonsense |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2020 |
| Strait-laced |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Saint's assistant is sober |
|
|
| Prim and proper |
Newsday |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Serious |
New York Times |
01 Dec 2019 |
| Serious |
|
|
| Unadventurous or reserved in manner |
|
|
| Respectably proper |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2019 |
| Sober and sedate |
The Times Concise |
25 Jun 2019 |
| Reserved in manner |
New York Times |
24 Jun 2019 |
| Set in one's ways |
USA Today |
03 May 2019 |
| Serious way to get help |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Apr 2019 |
| Primly dignified |
Newsday |
27 Mar 2019 |
| Straitlaced |
Universal |
05 Mar 2019 |
| Prim |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Prissy |
Canadiana |
18 Feb 2019 |
| Serious |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Serious |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Respectably proper |
|
|
| Straitlaced |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Set in one's ways |
|
|
| Reserved in manner |
|
|
| Reportedly remained sober |
|
|
| Solemn |
The Washington Post |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Solemn |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Fancy-free? |
Family Time |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Like stuffed shirts |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Aug 2018 |
| Reserved |
The Washington Post |
20 Jul 2018 |
| Reserved |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2018 |
| Fancy-free? |
Universal |
09 Jun 2018 |
| Tame |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
08 Jun 2018 |
| Stiffly proper |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2018 |
| Far from flippant |
USA Today |
25 Apr 2018 |
| Primly restrained |
The Washington Post Sunday |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Serious-minded |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2018 |
| The way a hand becomes steady |
|
|
| Restrained |
The Washington Post Sunday |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Tame |
|
|
| Unadventurous |
|
|
| Reserved |
|
|
| Solemn |
|
|
| Stiffly proper |
|
|
| Like stuffed shirts |
|
|
| Far from flippant |
|
|
| Fancy-free? |
|
|
| Stiffly formal |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2017 |
| Far from flashy |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Sober and sedate way to help |
|
|
| Sedate |
Jonesin |
21 Nov 2017 |
| Respectably unadventurous |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Nov 2017 |
| Stuffy |
Canadiana |
13 Nov 2017 |
| Stuck in the mud, on the way to help |
|
|
| Stone relief in grave |
|
|
| Stuffy, traditional |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Jun 2017 |
| Stiffly formal |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 May 2017 |
| Stodgy |
Universal |
21 Apr 2017 |
| Rather conservative |
New York Times |
04 Apr 2017 |
| Prim and proper |
LA Times Daily |
02 Apr 2017 |
| Prim and proper |
The Washington Post |
02 Apr 2017 |
| In speech remained sober |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Mar 2017 |
| Strait-laced |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Strait-laced |
|
|
| Stodgy |
|
|
| Rather conservative |
|
|
| Unwavering |
LA Times Daily |
23 Dec 2016 |
| Rather colorless |
Newsday |
20 Oct 2016 |
| Unadventurous, dull |
The Times Concise |
11 Oct 2016 |
| Sedately dignified |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Unexcitable |
Newsday |
17 Jul 2016 |
| Prim and proper |
USA Today |
30 Jun 2016 |
| Prim and proper |
Universal |
11 Jun 2016 |
| Reportedly remained sober |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 May 2016 |
| Solemn |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Apr 2016 |
| Decorous |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
11 Mar 2016 |
| Button-down |
New York Times |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Prim and proper |
|
|
| Button-down |
|
|
| Unwavering |
|
|
| Prim and proper |
|
|
| Decorous |
|
|
| Sober-minded |
Newsday |
17 Dec 2015 |
| Sedate |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2015 |
| Dully unadventurous |
The Times Concise |
06 Oct 2015 |
| Sedately dignified |
Universal |
01 Aug 2015 |
| Grave |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2015 |
| Conservative |
New York Times |
08 May 2015 |
| Not wild |
USA Today |
30 Apr 2015 |
| Composed |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Apr 2015 |
| Serious |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Apr 2015 |
| Laid-back |
Newsday |
19 Feb 2015 |
| Sedate |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jan 2015 |
| Not wild |
|
|
| Sober-minded |
|
|
| Conservative |
|
|
| Laid-back |
|
|
| Sedately dignified |
|
|
| Far from flighty |
|
|
| Stuffy |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Unemotional |
|
|
| Unflashy |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Conservative |
|
|
| Restrained |
|
|
| Dully sedate |
|
|
| Prim and proper |
|
|
| Primly self-restrained |
|
|
| Strait-laced |
|
|
| 27 Reportedly waited around grave |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Hardly histrionic |
|
|
| Decorous |
|
|
| Not flighty |
|
|
| Stiffly formal |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Primly restrained |
|
|
| Far from frivolous |
|
|
| Strait-laced |
|
|
| Opposite of wild |
|
|
| Straitlaced |
|
|
| Not adventurous |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Not at all flighty |
|
|
| Not flighty |
|
|
| Prim and proper |
|
|
| Restrained |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Sober and sedate |
|
|
| Unsexy |
|
|
| Strait-laced |
|
|
| Conservative |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Conservative |
|
|
| Opposite of wild |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Stiffly formal |
|
|
| Sobersided |
|
|
| Not adventurous |
|
|
| Prim and proper |
|
|
| Hardly daring |
|
|
| Settled |
|
|
| Strait-laced |
|
|
| Far from frivolous |
|
|
| Not adventurous |
|
|
| Far from flighty |
|
|
| Calm |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| Decorous |
|
|
| Hardly cutting-edge |
|
|
| Conservative |
|
|
| Prim and proper |
|
|
| Hardly capricious |
|
|
| Prim and proper |
|
|
| Hardly capricious |
|
|
| Strait-laced |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Fancy-free? |
|
|
| Sober, in a way |
|
|
| Straight-laced |
|
|
| Fancy-free? |
|
|
| Placid |
|
|
| Prim and reserved |
|
|
| Not adventurous |
|
|
| Of sedate character |
|
|
| No-nonsense |
|
|
| Straight-laced |
|
|
| Resisting change |
|
|
| Sedately dignified |
|
|
| Decorous |
|
|
| No-nonsense |
|
|
| Not at all flighty |
|
|
| Priggish |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Opposite of wild |
|
|
| Dignified |
|
|
| Serious |
|
|
| Solemn |
|
|
| Dignified |
|
|
| Decorous |
|
|
| Dignified |
|
|
| Proper |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Not wild |
|
|
| Far from flighty |
|
|
| Decorous |
|
|
| Far from flighty |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Sober-minded |
|
|
| Settled |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Sober |
|
|
| Reserved |
|
|
| Formal |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Composed |
|
|
| A bit starchy |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Hardly manic |
|
|
| Subdued |
|
|
| Reserved |
|
|
| Unlike Barney Frank |
|
|
| Dignified |
|
|
| Conservative |
|
|
| Stuffy |
|
|
| Reserved |
|
|
| Hardly cutting-edge |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Restrained |
|
|
| Laid-back |
|
|
| Sober and sedate |
|
|
| Proper |
|
|
| Serene |
|
|
| Far from flighty |
|
|
| Reserved |
|
|
| Strait-laced |
|
|
| Stuffy |
|
|
| Hardly flighty |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Straitlaced |
|
|
| Sober-minded |
|
|
| Like the sober man who remained? |
|
|
| Straitlaced |
|
|
| Not adventurous |
|
|
| Reserved |
|
|
| Decorous |
|
|
| Steeped in dignity |
|
|
| Grave |
|
|
| Serious; sober |
|
|
| Settled and steady |
|
|
| Sedate |
|
|
| Demure |
|
|
| Sober; sedate |
|
|
| Soberly proper |
|
|
| Solemn |
|
|
| Far from frolicsome |
|
|
| Sober as a judge |
|
|
| Stuffy or formal |
|
|
| Proper |
|
|
| Far from frivolous |
|
|
| Sober. |
|
|
| Stodgy. |
|
|
| Sober-minded. |
|
|
| Prim. |
|
|
| Not volatile. |
|
|
| Maiden-lady-like. |
|
|
| Mid-Victorian. |
|
|
| Settled and steady. |
|
|
| Steeped in dignity. |
|
|
| Not flighty. |
|
|
| Dignified. |
|
|
| Subdued |
|
|
| Settled. |
|
|
| Sedate. |
|
|
| Grave. |
|
|
| Serious. |
|
|
| Inexcitable. |
|
|
| Decorous. |
|
|
| Traditional in outlook. |
|
|