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Serious and humourless

serious

adjective

meaning what you say or do, and not making a joke

in earnest

serious and meaning what you say

substantial

adjective

dealing with important ideas in a serious way

sober

adjective

with a serious attitude

solemn

adjective

involving serious behavior or serious attitudes

stolid

adjective

acting or thinking in a slow serious manner

deep

adjective

someone who is deep has very serious thoughts, ideas, or feelings

funereal

adjective

very slow or serious

humorlessly

adverb

officious

adjective

showing an annoying tendency to take your position or status too seriously

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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