That is the way it was thought people should pose for pictures. Nobody smiled. Perhaps at the time that was considered undignified.
he staid at the roman house!
George V never married Wallis Simpson, his son Edward did (and staid married to her until his death).
Perseverence (determination). Lochinvar does not allow anything to get in his way during his quest to regain his love (Ellen). "He staid not for brake, and he stopp'd not for stone/He swam the Eske River where ford there was none" indicates that no obstacle will prevent his achievement of his goal. This continues to be supported by Lochinvar's trickery in the encounter between Lochinvar and Ellen's father (when Lochinvar appears to insult Ellen and expresses no interest in rekindling a relationship with her).
In 1792 George Washington dismissed engineer/architecture Pierre Charles L' Enfants design for insubordination, so he set up a compititon, two actually, one for the Presidents House and one for the Capital. The winner of the compitition for the White House was James Hoban an Immigrant from Ireland that lived in Charleston, South Carolina until he moved to Washington DC in 1792 where he staid until he died in 1831.
The power of veto was exercised by the executive officers of state. Officers of the same rank could veto each other's actions. Officers of higher rank could veto the actions of officers of lower rank. The plebeian tribunes, the representatives of the plebeians (commoners) had the power to veto actions taken by officers of state which they deemed to be harmful to the plebeians, intervening on their behalf. This power was limited to the city of Rome and they could exercise it only if they staid in Rome as they had to be physically present when the action they could veto was carried out.
of settled disposition
1. "Something that is staid is dignified, respectable - possibly even boring, like a staid dinner party that is heavy on the important guests but light on the laughs."(Vocabulary.com)2. "There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe"(Virginia Woolf) ^_^
Staid means sedate, settled, and unadventurous in terms of style, character, or behavior. It suggests a lack of excitement or variation in one's conduct or demeanor.
The horse was staid when it was asleep.
You should wear staid clothes in the office.
Staid describes somebody who -- has a settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
There are many synonyms for the adjective "staid". One can interchange the word "staid" with words such as "sedate", "serious", "grave", "steady", and "composed".
Staid describes somebody who -- has a settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
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The spelling "staid" means sedate or stodgy.The past tense of the verb to stay is "stayed."
The homophone of Stayed is "stayed."
The homonym for "staid" is "stayed."