staidness
71staid — UK [steɪd] / US adjective Word forms staid : adjective staid comparative staider superlative staidest serious and rather boring He projects a staid, aloof image. rather staid medical journals Derived words: staidly adverb staidness noun… …
72staid — /steɪd / (say stayd) adjective 1. of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious. 2. Rare fixed, settled, or permanent. –verb 3. Obsolete a past tense and past participle of stay1. {variant of stayed, past participle of stay1} –staidly …
73seriousness — [n1] humorlessness calmness, coolness, earnest, earnestness, gravity, intentness, sedateness, serious mindedness, sincerity, sober mindedness, sobriety, solemnity, staidness, sternness, thoughtfulness; concepts 410,657 Ant. funniness, humor,… …
74staid — [stād] vi., vt. archaic pt. & pp. of STAY3 adj. 1. Rare resisting change; fixed 2. sober; sedate; settled and steady staidly adv. staidness n …
75earnestness — noun 1. an earnest and sincere feeling (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑seriousness, ↑sincerity • Derivationally related forms: ↑sincere (for: ↑sincerity), ↑earnest …
76matronly — adj. like or characteristic of a matron, esp. in respect of staidness or portliness …
77serious-mindedness — noun the trait of being serious a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness Robert Rice • Syn: ↑seriousness, ↑earnestness, ↑sincerity • Ant: ↑frivolity (for: ↑seriousn …
78seriousness — noun 1. an earnest and sincere feeling (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑earnestness, ↑sincerity • Derivationally related forms: ↑sincere (for: ↑sincerity), ↑earnest …
79sincerity — noun 1. an earnest and sincere feeling (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑earnestness, ↑seriousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sincere, ↑earnest (for: ↑earnestness) …
80staid — adj. of quiet and steady character; sedate. Derivatives: staidly adv. staidness n. Etymology: = stayed, past part. of STAY(1) …
