stately
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stately¹
- /ˈsteɪtli/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly. Compare stour. By surface analysis, state + -ly (adjectival suffix).
adjective statelier · stateliest
- Worthy of respect; dignified, regal. Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- Deliberate, unhurried; dignified. And much as they welcome his promise to repeal "don't ask, don't tell", they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.
- Grand; impressive; imposing. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
stately²
- /ˈsteɪtli/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English stately, statli, equivalent to state + -ly (adverbial suffix).
adverb more stately · most stately
- In a stately manner.
