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staidness
(encz) | staidness,vážnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Staidness
(gcide) | Staidness \Staid"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness;
sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or
levity.
[1913 Webster]
If sometimes he appears too gay, yet a secret
gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though
the staidness and sobriety of age be wanting. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; constancy;
firmness; stability; sedateness.
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staidness
(wn) | staidness
n 1: a trait of dignified seriousness [syn: sedateness,
staidness, solemnity, solemness] |
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Staidness
(gcide) | Staidness \Staid"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness;
sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or
levity.
[1913 Webster]
If sometimes he appears too gay, yet a secret
gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though
the staidness and sobriety of age be wanting. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; constancy;
firmness; stability; sedateness.
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