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100 POINTS Read the following passage:

On March 3, 1853, the handsome, soberly dressed Reverend Theodorus van Gogh entered the ancient town hall of Groot-Aundert, in the Brabant, a province of the Netherlands.
The word soberly has several different meanings. In this passage, it most closely means _____.

not intoxicated or drunk
poorly
quiet or sedate in manner
subdued in color and not showy

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Subdued in color and not showy.

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Quiet or sedate in manner? It makes the most sense
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