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- Dictionarystately/ˈsteɪtli/
adjective
- 1. impressive or grand in size, appearance, or manner: "a stately 19th-century mansion"
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STATELY definition: 1. formal, slow, and having a style and appearance that causes admiration: 2. formal, slow, and…. Learn more.
The meaning of STATELY is marked by lofty or imposing dignity. How to use stately in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Stately.
Stately definition: majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.. See examples of STATELY used in a sentence.
STATELY meaning: 1. formal, slow, and having a style and appearance that causes admiration: 2. formal, slow, and…. Learn more.
To be stately is to appear noble and impressive, almost in a larger than life kind of way. You may encounter a stately gentleman or a stately statue. If you do, take a little bow. There are a few meanings of stately, but they both refer to people and things that have an impressive bearing.
stately. adjective. uk / ˈsteɪtli / us. Add to word list Add to word list. formal and slow: a stately procession through the streets. (Definition of stately from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definition of stately adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic: stately mansions. See Synonyms at grand. 2. Dignified and slow; measured: a stately procession; a dirge in a stately tempo. [Middle English statly, from state, state, rank; see state .] state′li·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Something or someone that is stately is impressive and graceful or dignified. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running. American English : stately / ˈsteɪtli /
Stately definition: majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.. See examples of STATELY used in a sentence.
