Dignity
['dɪgnɪtɪ] or ['dɪɡnəti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; 'it was beneath his dignity to cheat'; 'showed his true dignity when under pressure'.
(noun.) formality in bearing and appearance; 'he behaved with great dignity'.
(noun.) high office or rank or station; 'he respected the dignity of the emissaries'.
Typist: Lottie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being worthy or honorable; elevation of mind or character; true worth; excellence.
(n.) Elevation; grandeur.
(n.) Elevated rank; honorable station; high office, political or ecclesiastical; degree of excellence; preferment; exaltation.
(n.) Quality suited to inspire respect or reverence; loftiness and grace; impressiveness; stateliness; -- said of //en, manner, style, etc.
(n.) One holding high rank; a dignitary.
(n.) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
Typed by Brandon
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rank, elevation, standing, station, place, greatness, eminence, exaltation, glory, honor, reputableness, respectability.[2]. Stateliness, grandeur, majesty, nobleness, lofty bearing or conduct, elevation of aspect or deportment.[3]. Honor, preferment, high station or office.[4]. Magistrate, dignitary, person in office.
Inputed by Enoch
Definition
n. the state of being dignified: elevation of mind or character: grandeur of mien: elevation in rank place &c.: degree of excellence: preferment: high office: a dignitary.—n. Dig′nitary one in a dignified position or rank esp. in the church.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A narrow, unstable bearing which mental spindle-shanks try to stand upon when they have no other support.
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Examples
- It was a part, at once of Mrs. Sparsit's dignity and service, not to lunch. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yes, but you won't do it, answered Laurie, who wished to make up, but felt that his outraged dignity must be appeased first. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Cook,' said the lady abbess, with great dignity; 'don't answer me, if you please. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am drunk, Pablo said with dignity. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The merry King, nothing heeding his dignity any more than his company, laughed, quaffed, and jested among the jolly band. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You see,' returned Mr Boffin, with a confidential sense of dignity, 'as to my literary man's duties, they're clear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As for Betteredge, consistency of principle and dignity of conduct had become, in his case, mere empty words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I thought he had much dignity all the time before. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But an advantageous connection, such as can be formed in consonance with dignity of views and permanency of solid interests, is not so bad--eh? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He raised himself in his stirrups with an air of inexpressible dignity, and exclaimed, What means this, my masters! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The catching business, we beg to remind them, is rising to the dignity of a lawful and patriotic profession. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But he had more brains and more inner dignity and outer insolence and humor than any man that he had ever known. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I am ashamed of you, Holmes, said Lestrade with dignity after a few minutes' silence. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Such levity is proper enough in the provinces, we make no doubt, but it ill suits the dignity of the metropolis. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Anselmo left him standing there alone with his dignity and went on down to the cave. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It was impossible to help fleeting visions of another kind--new dignities and an acknowledged value of which she had often felt the absence. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- With these talents, and his interest at home, there was little doubt that his lordship would rise to the highest dignities in his profession. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was certainly a hasty speech, my dear, said Mrs. Garth, with whom speaking evil of dignities was a high misdemeanor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is among their dignities. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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