| 单词 | staidness |
| 释义 | staidness (once / 118194 pages) n WORD FAMILY staid: staider, staidest, staidly, staidness USAGE EXAMPLESIn the shadow of his teacher an extra staidness had fallen over the young divinity student, Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond(1958) No nickname could be more frustrating or misleading than his: "Papa" Haydn prompts expectations of staidness and stolid, good behaviour. The Guardian(Mar 31, 2013) The motive for this practice, which even Fijians admit to be a disfigurement, is to display publicly a badge of matronly staidness and respectability. Thomson, Basil, The Fijians—A Study of the Decay of...(2011) n a trait of dignified seriousness Syn|Hyper sedateness, solemness, solemnity earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity the trait of being serious |
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