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Staidness   Listen
noun
Staidness  n.  The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; the opposite of wildness, or levity. "If sometimes he appears too gay, yet a secret gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of age be wanting."
Synonyms: Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; constancy; firmness; stability; sedateness.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Staidness" Quotes from Famous Books



... familiarity towards him. Several times a week he would meet her in the lane, and they would loiter a moment together; she would admire his dogs, though he assured her earnestly that they were but sorry curs; and once, laughing at his staidness, ...
— Victorian Short Stories • Various



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