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staidness

staidness noun: the state or characteristic of being staid.

Noun

staidness (usually uncountable, plural staidnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or characteristic of being staid.
    • It is difficult to say whether Mr. John Dounce's red countenance, illuminated as it was by the flickering gas-light in the window before which he paused, excited the lady's risibility, or whether a natural exuberance of animal spirits proved too much for that staidness of demeanour which the forms...1836, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in Sketches of Boz
    • [T]here was a staidness and sobriety about her demeanour that kept all impertinence at a distance.1887, Charlotte M. Yonge, chapter 22, in Under the Storm

Forms of staidness

pluralstaidnesses

Origin of staidness

From staid + -ness.

Questions about staidness

What does staidness mean?
Staidness means the state or characteristic of being staid.
What part of speech is staidness?
Staidness is a noun.
What is the plural of staidness?
The plural of staidness is staidnesses.

Words near staidness in the dictionary

  1. Staibs
  2. staid
  3. staider
  4. staidest
  5. staidly
  6. staidness
  7. staidnesses
  8. staies
  9. Staiger
  10. Staigers
  11. stail

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