stateliness

noun

state·​li·​ness

-ātlēnə̇s, 

-lin-

plural -es

: the quality or state of being stately: such as

a

: impressiveness in scale or proportion : majesty, grandeur

who can deny to the architecture of nature a certain stateliness

—W. M. Dixon

b(1)

: imposing or courtly formality (as in appearance or manner) : aloofness

his stateliness often repelled people

(2)

: impressive dignity or loftiness : grandness

a nobility and stateliness of character

—Sheldon Cheney

(3)

: elevation of style or expression : sublimity

the stateliness of biblical prose

Word History

First Known Use

1509, in the meaning defined above

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