stately
/ˈsteɪtli
/adjective (statelier, stateliest)
1Impressive or grand in size, appearance, or manner: a stately 19th-century mansion...
- The Cathedral itself was just as beautiful, in a more grand and stately manner.
- Before long, Hoffman found himself in the grand lobby of a stately mansion.
- They are released now by officials anxious to dispel the myth that bishops, some of whom still occupy grand palaces and stately castles, enjoy a life of luxury.
Synonyms
dignified, majestic, ceremonious, courtly, imposing, impressive, solemn, awe-inspiring, regal, imperial, elegant, grand, glorious, splendid, magnificent, resplendent, important, august, formal;
slow-moving, measured, deliberate
1.1Slow, formal, and dignified: a stately procession...
- The Lord of the course strut, a slow and stately stride, proclaiming for all to see that the 18th fairway is indeed his sovereign territory.
- I can now work through Bach's Minuet in G major, BWV 114 without errors, though at a stately, slow pace.
- In France, the dance became slower and more stately, as did the sarabande on its removal to France from Spain.
Derivatives
stateliness
/ noun ...- At a universal level both the Sun and Leo are associated with royalty, majesty, stateliness, dignity, and authority.
- It is wisdom we need in a leader more than stateliness.
- The queen has, in a way, always, curiously for the last 50 years, had to share her stateliness with her mother, the queen mother with all her magnetic powers of popular attraction.
- fall on one's sword
- fall on (or upon)
- fall on stony ground
- fallopian tube
- fall (or drop) into someone's lap
- fall (or drop, or sink, etc.) to one's knees
- fall (or get) into the wrong hands
- fall out
- fallout
- fallout shelter
- fall over oneself to do something
- fallow
- fallow deer
- fallowness
- fall prey to
- fall prey to (also be or become prey to)
- Fall River
- fall short (of)
- fall through
- fall to
- fall to pieces
- fall to someone's lot
- fall victim to
- Falmouth
- false