staidlyadv.
/ˈsteɪdli/, U.S. /ˈsteɪdli/ rare.
In a staid manner; †constantly, fixedly (obsolete); sedately, soberly.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]
anredlyOE
fastlyOE
steadfastly?c1225
stifflyc1290
stably1297
steadfasta1300
stoutly1303
steevely1340
sadlya1375
sturdilyc1374
firm1377
surelyc1380
like a flint1382
tough1398
firmlyc1425
unmovablyc1425
but variancec1430
sad?c1430
immovably1435
toughlyc1450
affirmlya1513
wishly1530
constantly1534
steadily1540
fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553
staidly1571
fixedly1605
indeclinably1624
undeclinably1662
unfalteringly1665
unswervingly1805
unwaveringly1830
indomitably1837
rockily1846
unbendingly1847
indivertibly1853
unshakeablya1864
undyingly1881
unshakenly1882
adamantly1897
the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adverb] > in staid manner
soberly1382
staidly1571
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]
highlyOE
deeplyc1300
solemnlya1325
sadlya1375
soberly1382
demurelyc1400
sadc1400
seriouslyc1425
solemnya1470
murely1474
solemnedlyc1480
solenny1480
in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545
gravely1553
staidly1571
solemniouslya1578
solidly1632
in sad earnest1637
ponderously1637
in jest-earnest1642
in all seriousness1679
joking apart1745
unhumorously1768
solidly1799
in sober earnest1836
mirthlessly1853
votively1857
smilelessly1869
unmirthfully1872
unsmilingly1879
inhumorously1898
soberingly1923
straightfacedly1977
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxiii. 1) 85 Scarce the hundreth man keepeth himself stayedly in the feare of God.
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote ii. xliii. 279 Walke softly, and speak stayedly.
a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) iv. ii. 40 Bel. 'Tis well ye have manner: That Curtsy again, and hold your Countenance staidly; That looks too light.
1846 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. II. 263 His worship did look thereupon most staidly.
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