stately
Pronunciation
”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: Printed for John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈsteɪtli/
stately (comparative statelier, superlative stateliest)
- Of people: worthy of respect#Noun|respect; dignified#Adjective|dignified, regal.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Of movement: deliberate#Adjective|deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
- grand#Adjective|Grand, impressive, imposing#Adjective|imposing.
- 1, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “
