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stayedly

stayedly is the obsolete form of staidly.

Meaning of staidly

Adverb

staidly (comparative more staidly, superlative most staidly)

  1. In a staid manner.

Forms of stayedly

comparativemore stayedly
superlativemost stayedly

Origin of stayedly

From stayed + -ly.

Questions about stayedly

What is stayedly the obsolete form of?
Stayedly is the obsolete form of staidly.

Words near stayedly in the dictionary

  1. stayed together
  2. stayed tuned
  3. stayed up
  4. stayed up late
  5. stayed within the lines
  6. stayedly
  7. stayedness
  8. stayedst
  9. stayer
  10. stayers
  11. stayest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stayedly (page history and authors); staidly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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