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staidness|ˈsteɪdnɪs|
[f. staid a. + -ness.]
The quality or fact of being staid (see the adj.)
1. Stability, permanence, constancy.
1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices i. (1558) 57 b, Wherof comes a great presumption that they haue no staiednesse. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. ii. (1586) 95 b, Her stayednesse in sticking to her friends. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 155 This facultie of the fantasie is..so farre from stayednes, that euen in the time of sleep it hardly taketh any rest. 1613J. Davies (Heref.) Muse's Tears Wks. (Grosart) I. 13/2 Good Kings are least alone, when most alone; For stilnesse is the staidnesse of their Throne. 1631F. Lenton Charact. G 12, He is a man of no staidnesse, for he leaues a Rocke to build vpon the Sand. 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. 111 That serenity and fixed stayedness, which is necessary to so seuere an intentness. 1710Prideaux Orig. Tithes App. Reasons for Bill 8 Before they have..stayedness of Mind to withstand Temptations.
2. Sobriety of character, manner, or conduct.
1561Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtier Yy 4 b, Staidenesse, noble courage [etc.]. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xviii. 26. 62 His accustomed stayednesse. 1626Middleton Anything for Quiet Life i. i. 46 A matron's sober staidness in her eye. 1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Wars i. 19 His dexterity of wit, and staiedness of judgement, far riper then his years. 1685Crowne Sir C. Nice i. 5 Will you never learn staidness and gravity? a1720Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. 11 Endued with a gravity and staidness of mind, that is seldom seen in children. 1825Mrs. Sherwood Old Times i. 11 It compelled her to observe a stayedness of manner. 1842Browning In a Gondola 132 Where's a trace Of the staidness and reserve..In the same child's playing-face? 1884May Crommelin Brown-Eyes iv. 42 A sweet staidness noticeable in all the women of Marken. |