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staidnesses

staidnesses is the plural of staidness.

Meaning of staidness

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

Questions about staidnesses

What is staidnesses the plural of?
Staidnesses is the plural of staidness.

Words near staidnesses in the dictionary

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

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