Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.
- adjective Fixed; permanent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mode of spelling the preterit and past participle of stay.
- Sober; grave; steady; sedate; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty, or fanciful: as, a staid elderly person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
stay . - adjective Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty, or fanciful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Serious ,organized , andprofessional ;sober - adjective Always
fixed in the same location;stationary
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by dignity and propriety
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Her bright red shirt and quiet authority make her stand out from her hired managers and the men in staid blue button-downs that came from CiCi's corporate office to help with the launch.
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OGUNNAIKE: No one has seen anything like this especially in D.C. This town is usually known as staid, reserved.
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Young merchants in staid-looking business suits leaned against the railings of the bridge, their eyes lingering first on one group of girls and then on another.
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"Perhaps Captain staid up at Mrs. Vawse's," she said, "and didn't follow us down."
The Wide, Wide World 1892
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Poussin's A Dance to the Music of Time, countless paintings by Fragonard, Rubens, Reynolds, not to mention acres of armor-is sometimes described as a staid museum.
Encounter Books 2009
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Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring.
WNYMedia 2009
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Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring.
Buffalo Pundit 2009
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Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring.
Buffalo Pundit 2009
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Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring.
Buffalo Pundit 2009
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Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring.
Buffalo Pundit 2009
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