staid

(stād)
adj.

1. Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober. See synonyms at serious.
2. Fixed; permanent: "There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe" (Virginia Woolf).

[From obsolete staid, past participle of STAY¹ .]

staidly staid'ly adv.
staidness staid'ness n.

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adjective

Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness: earnest¹, grave², sedate, serious, sober, solemn, somber. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, heavy/light.

adj

Definition: restrained, set
Antonyms: adventurous, daring, frivolous, fun, sporting, willing

For a list of words related to staid, see:

• Proper, Courteous, Refined, or Puritanical

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sat, rolig, adstadig

Nederlands (Dutch)
sober, ingehouden

Français (French)
adj. - posé, guindé, solennel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gesetzt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μετρημένος, σοβαρός, σταθερός

Italiano (Italian)
compassato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sóbrio

Русский (Russian)
степенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - conservador, serio, formal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stadig, lugn, stadgad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
沉着的, 端庄的, 稳重的, 不变的, 固定的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 沈著的, 端莊的, 穩重的, 不變的, 固定的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 성실한, 차분한, 안정된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 落ち着いた, まじめな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متزن, رزين, وقور, هادىء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רציני, מתון, מיושב‬

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