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adjective
- 1. impressive or grand in size, appearance, or manner: "a stately 19th-century mansion"
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STATELY definition: 1. formal, slow, and having a style and appearance that causes admiration: 2. formal, slow, and…. Learn more.
The meaning of STATELY is marked by lofty or imposing dignity. How to use stately in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stately.
STATELY meaning: 1. formal, slow, and having a style and appearance that causes admiration: 2. formal, slow, and…. Learn more.
To be stately is to appear noble and impressive, almost in a larger than life kind of way. You may encounter a stately gentleman or a stately statue. If you do, take a little bow. There are a few meanings of stately, but they both refer to people and things that have an impressive bearing.
1. Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic: stately mansions. See Synonyms at grand. 2. Dignified and slow; measured: a stately procession; a dirge in a stately tempo. [Middle English statly, from state, state, rank; see state .] state′li·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of stately adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 Jun 2024 · stately (comparative more stately, superlative most stately) In a stately manner.
stately. adjective. uk / ˈsteɪtli / us. Add to word list Add to word list. formal and slow: a stately procession through the streets. (Definition of stately from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Stately definition: majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.. See examples of STATELY used in a sentence.
stately meaning, definition, what is stately: done slowly and with a lot of ceremony: Learn more.
