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staidness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Staidness  \Staid"ness\,  n. 
  The  quality  or  state  of  being  staid;  seriousness;  steadiness; 
  sedateness;  regularity;  --  the  opposite  of  wildness,  or 
  {levity}. 
 
  If  sometimes  he  appears  too  gray,  yet  a  secret 
  gracefulness  of  youth  accompanies  his  writings,  though 
  the  staidness  and  sobriety  of  age  wanting.  --Dryden. 
 
  Syn:  Sobriety;  gravity;  steadiness;  regularity;  constancy; 
  firmness;  stability;  sedateness. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  staidness 
  n  :  a  trait  of  dignified  seriousness  [syn:  {sedateness},  {solemnity}, 
  {solemness}] 




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