statelilyadv.
/ˈsteɪtlᵻli/, U.S. /ˈsteɪtlᵻli/ In a stately manner (in various senses of the adjective).
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the mind > emotion > pride > proper pride or self-respect > [adverb] > with dignity
estatelyc1386
stately?1473
statelikec1485
majestically1577
portly1581
gravely1598
disposedlyc1610
statefully1610
statelily1611
statelich1612
dignifiedly1818
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sublimement, loftily, highly, haughtily, statelily.
1672 J. Eachard Mr. Hobbs's State Nature Considered 18 It sounds, I must confess, somewhat statelily.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Struttingly, proudly, statelily.
1796 Mod. Gulliver 16 Walking in statelily himself, he beckoned me to follow.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 10 She, Sweetly and statelily, and with all grace Of womanhood and queenhood, answer'd him.
1896 Harper's Mag. Feb. 515/1 The oaks and sycamores standing statelily up from the reedy rim.
1949 Times 29 Dec. 5/6 A polychromatic show which takes us statelily up a scenic railway and brings us rollicking down again.
2003 P. Hensher Mulberry Empire xi. 198 The mahout paused and, dropping an octave, corrected himself statelily.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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