staidly
adverb
staidness
noun
staid
2 of 2past tense and past participle of stay
Examples of staid in a Sentence
Adjective
a staid and solemn businessman
everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
In the more staid version of this movie that might have been made decades ago, that would have been the core of the drama.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
Although a typical shareholder meeting is a dusty, staid affair, the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting is entirely different.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
When the hotel opened in 1965, its double-arc design was an architectural anomaly in a staid capital city.
—Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The normally staid Ghormans are inflamed when the Empire begins building a massive geometric edifice in the center of their elegantly Art Nouveau-ish capital city of Palmo.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 21 May 2025
In the more staid version of this movie that might have been made decades ago, that would have been the core of the drama.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
Although a typical shareholder meeting is a dusty, staid affair, the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting is entirely different.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
When the hotel opened in 1965, its double-arc design was an architectural anomaly in a staid capital city.
—Major Garrett, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for staid
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“Staid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staid. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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