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staidness

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staid  (std)
adj.
1. Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober. See Synonyms at serious.
2. Fixed; permanent: "There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe" (Virginia Woolf).
[From obsolete staid, past participle of stay.]
staidly adv.
staidness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.staidness - a trait of dignified seriousness
sedateness, solemness, solemnity
serious-mindedness, earnestness, seriousness, sincerity - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
Translations
staidness [ˈsteɪdnɪs] N [of person] → seriedad f; [of clothes] → sobriedad f
staidness
n → Gesetztheit f
staidness [ˈsteɪdnɪs] n → eccessiva posatezza
staidness [ˈsteɪdnɪs] n → eccessiva posatezza


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He achieved a staidness, and calmness, and philosophic tolerance.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
Sancho had not thought it worth while to hobble Rocinante, feeling sure, from what he knew of his staidness and freedom from incontinence, that all the mares in the Cordova pastures would not lead him into an impropriety.
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