staidness
51staid — adjective respectable and unadventurous. Derivatives staidly adverb staidness noun Origin C16: archaic past participle of stay1 …
52sobriety — n. 1. Temperance, abstemiousness, abstinence, soberness. 2. Calmness, coolness, sedateness, soberness, thoughtfulness, gravity, sober mindedness, staidness. 3. Seriousness, gravity, solemnity, sedateness …
53staid — adjective serious, old fashioned, and boring in the way you live, dress, or work: a staid old bachelor | staid attitudes staidly adverb staidness noun (U) …
54formality — noun 1) the formality of the occasion Syn: ceremony, ceremoniousness, ritual, conventionality, red tape, protocol, decorum; stateliness, courtliness, solemnity Ant: informality 2) his formality was off putting …
55flightiness — light mindedness, volatility, levity, *Iightness, frivolity, flippancy Analogous words: capriciousness, unstableness or instability, fickleness, mercurialness or mercuriality, inconstancy (see corresponding adjectives at INCONSTANT):… …
56frivolity — levity, flippancy, light mindedness, volatility, flightiness, tightness Analogous words: trifling, flirting, dallying, coquetting, toying (see TRIFLE vb): play, sport, *fun, jest, game: gaiety, liveliness, vivaciousness, sprightliness (see… …
57jollity — hilarity, glee, *mirth Analogous words: merriment, joviality, jocundity, blitheness (see corresponding adjectives at MERRY): sport, disport, play, frolic, rollick, gambol, romp (see under PLAY vb): diversion, amusement, recreation, entertainment… …
58lightness — lightness, light mindedness, levity, frivolity, flippancy, volatility, flightiness are comparable when denoting the quality, manner, or attitude of one who is irresponsibly gay or indifferent especially when seriousness is expected. Lightness… …
59aplomb — n 1. poise, assurance, confidence, self assurance, self confidence, self possession, self command; composure, steadiness, stability, self restraint, self control, collectedness; equanimity, calmness, equilibrium, balance, sang froid, cool,… …
60balance — n 1. scale, scales, steelyard, measure; beam, lever. 2. equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equipollen cy, equiponderance, equiponderancy; equivalence, equality, parity, par; equalization, uniformity, symmetry. 3. poise, composure, aplomb,… …
