Sekirov Dictionary

stately

/ˈsteɪtli/

adjective 3
adverb 1
forms 4

adjective3

•
Worthy of respect; dignified, regal.
- Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered. — 1900
•
Grand; impressive; imposing.
- In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea. — 1797
•
Deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
- And much as they welcome his promise to repeal "don't ask, don't tell", they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so. — 2010

adverb1

In a stately manner.

forms

more stately · statelier · most stately · stateliest

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