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Stateliness

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state·ly  (sttl)
adj. state·li·er, state·li·est
1. Dignified and impressive, as in size or proportions. See Synonyms at grand.
2. Majestic; lofty.
adv.
In a ceremonious or imposing manner.
[Middle English statly, from state, state, rank; see state.]
stateli·ness n.
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Noun1.stateliness - an elaborate manner of doing something; "she served coffee with great stateliness"
formalness, formality - a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies; "the formality of his voice made the others pay him close attention"
2.Statelinessstateliness - impressiveness in scale or proportion
majesty, loftiness
impressiveness, magnificence, grandness, richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"


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The streets were wide and empty; for two hundred years the place had been dying, but the houses had the homely stateliness of their time.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
They placed him in the midst of them, and with much pomp and stateliness they conducted him into another room, where there was a sumptuous table laid with but four covers.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
She had heard nothing of Lady Catherine that spoke her awful from any extraordinary talents or miraculous virtue, and the mere stateliness of money or rank she thought she could witness without trepidation.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
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