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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.





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"Staidness" Quotes from Famous Books



... beaten and his eggs broken; moreover, he was apt to linger at stalls of books and broadsheets. As soon as Patience could venture to leave her brother, she was forced to go to market herself; and there was a staidness and sobriety about her demeanour that kept all impertinence at a distance. Poor Patience, she was not at all the laughing rustic beauty that Emlyn would have been at market. She would never have been handsome, and though she was only a ...
— Under the Storm - Steadfast's Charge • Charlotte M. Yonge


Words linked to "Staidness" :   solemnity, solemness, seriousness, earnestness, staid, sincerity, serious-mindedness, sedateness


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