Word Meanings - STATELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait. "The stately homes of England!" Mrs. Hemans. "Filled with stately temples." Prescott. Here is a stately style indeed! Shak. Syn. -- Lofty; dignified; majestic;
Additional info about word: STATELY
Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait. "The stately homes of England!" Mrs. Hemans. "Filled with stately temples." Prescott. Here is a stately style indeed! Shak. Syn. -- Lofty; dignified; majestic; grand; august; magnificent.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STATELY)
- August
- Majestic
- dignified
- stately
- noble
- pompous
- imposing
- grand
- solemn
- exalted
- Formal
- Regular
- complete
- shapely
- sufficient
- correct
- ceremonious
- stiff
- precise
- explicit
- exact
- affected
- methodical
- Grand
- Large
- important
- eventful
- magnificent
- grandly
- majestic
- august
- splendid
- lofty
- elevated
- gorgeous
- sublime
- superb
- Lofty
- Elevated
- towering
- high
- eminent
- haughty
- airy
- tall
- magnanimous
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STATELY)
Related words: (words related to STATELY)
- MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner. - FORMALITY
The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while - IMPOSABLE
Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond. - SPLENDIDIOUS
Splendid. - SOLEMNIZATION
The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage. - GRANDEUR
The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. - GORGEOUS
Imposing through splendid or various colors; showy; fine; magnificent. Cloud-land, gorgeous land. Coleridge. Gogeous as the sun at midsummer. Shak. -- Gor"geous*ly, adv. -- Gor"geous*ness, n. (more info) luxurious; cf. OF. gorgias ruff, - REGULARITY
The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion. - SOLEMNIZE
1. To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker. 2. To dignify or honor by ceremonies; to celebrate. Their choice nobility and flowers - AFFECTATIONIST
One who exhibits affectation. Fitzed. Hall. - EXACTOR
One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor. - CORRECTLY
In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error. - STIFFENER
One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat. - EXACTING
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n. - CORRUPTIONIST
One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith. - SOLEMN
Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form. Burrill. Jarman. Greenleaf. Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant, 2. Syn. -- Grave; formal; ritual; ceremonial; sober; serious; - GRANDEESHIP
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne. - CORRUPTIBLE
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. - GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
A grand mother. - GRANDUNCLE
father's or mother's uncle. - REFORMALIZE
To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness. - INSUFFICIENTLY
In an insufficient manner or degree; unadequately. - INEXACTLY
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. - IRREGULARITY
The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular. - OVERAFFECT
To affect or care for unduly. Milton. - MISAFFECT
To dislike. - INEXACT
Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. - TRANSPARENT
transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent