Stateliness
['stetlɪnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) impressiveness in scale or proportion.
(noun.) an elaborate manner of doing something; 'she served coffee with great stateliness'.
Checker: McDonald--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being stately.
Checker: Lorrie
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GRANDEUR]
Checker: Shari
Examples
- They had firm lips, unquailing eyes, and a kingly stateliness of bearing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The stateliness of look which had been almost too marked for a dweller in a country domicile had at last found an artistically happy background. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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