Staid

Word STAID
Character 5
Hyphenation staid
Pronunciations /sted/

Definitions and meanings of "Staid"

What do we mean by staid?

Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional. adjective

Fixed; permanent. adjective

A mode of spelling the preterit and past participle of stay. noun

Sober; grave; steady; sedate; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty, or fanciful: as, a staid elderly person.

Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty, or fanciful. adjective

Imp. & p. p. of stay.

Serious, organized, and professional; sober adjective

Always fixed in the same location; stationary adjective

Characterized by dignity and propriety adjective

Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

Always fixed in the same location; stationary.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Staid

The word "staid" in example sentences

Her bright red shirt and quiet authority make her stand out from her hired managers and the men in staid blue button-downs that came from CiCi's corporate office to help with the launch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

OGUNNAIKE: No one has seen anything like this especially in D.C. This town is usually known as staid, reserved. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Young merchants in staid-looking business suits leaned against the railings of the bridge, their eyes lingering first on one group of girls and then on another. ❋ Unknown (1915)

"Perhaps Captain staid up at Mrs. Vawse's," she said, "and didn't follow us down." ❋ Unknown (1892)

Poussin's A Dance to the Music of Time, countless paintings by Fragonard, Rubens, Reynolds, not to mention acres of armor-is sometimes described as a staid museum. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last night's Lee vs. Kryzan debate was pretty staid, which is to say boring. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This party has been really kind of staid and comfortable with its old habits. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But rather than the kind of staid or theatrical hearing often seen in Congress, in which talking points are repeated and participants talk past each other, the academics and the commissioners engaged each other in a running debate in which theories about the origin of the financial crisis were questioned and defended. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

What should have been a national celebration was a staid, meaningless political affair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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