Definition of staid
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staidly
adverb
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Examples of staid in a Sentence
a staid and solemn businessman
everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor
Recent Examples of staid from the Web
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To young fans of streetwear style, classic jewelry can seem old-fashioned, staid and something to be worn—or given—only on special occasions.
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The 100-player slugfest is certainly more popular than Paragon’s relatively staid five-on-five battles—especially based on rumors that few people were still playing by the end.
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Hart was charged with invigorating the somewhat staid organization, which had lost some of its power at City Hall as newer tech companies seemed to get all the attention.
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The Senate’s only immigrant and first-ever Asian-American woman, Mazie Hirono—a Democrat from Hawaii—is often assumed to have politics as polite and staid as her soft-spoken style.
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The food isn’t as staid as the sophisticated decor.
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After the pomp and circumstance that accompanied the state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, Merkel's will be a staid and sombre affair.
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As is his willingness to publicly explode the usually staid and stage-managed international gatherings like the G7.
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For the staid Big Five, Nolan was a harbinger of the cultural tumult approaching the Palestra.
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Origin and Etymology of staid
staid Synonyms
Synonyms
earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, solemn, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty;
Near Antonyms
antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical (also hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious;
featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained;
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Synonym Discussion of staid
serious, grave, solemn, sedate, staid, sober, earnest mean not light or frivolous. serious implies a concern for what really matters.
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- a serious play about social injustice
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- read the proclamation in a grave voice
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- a sad and solemn occasion
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- remained sedate amid the commotion
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- a quiet and staid community
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- a sober look at the state of our schools
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- an earnest reformer
STAID Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of staid for English Language Learners
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: serious, boring, or old-fashioned
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