1
as in solemn
not joking or playful in mood or manner
everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor
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2
as in imposing
having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner
staid colors that would be good for business attire
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Recent Examples of staid
For one, such a staid outlet may be uncomfortable with reporting that could be offensive or misconstrued as reflecting its editorial line.
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David Silverberg, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2025
Save for the expert-level, ultra-fast 200cc racing mode, the broad strokes of a Mario Kart game have gone from staid to practically frozen in amber in recent years.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The latter is well-timed, given a recent spate of Hollywood projects and real-life developments that have nudged the traditionally staid, country-club sport closer to the center of popular culture.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 June 2025
The traditionally staid and formal official White House social media accounts have under the second Trump administration become a fertile ground for memes, images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and other unorthodox ways to tweak opponents and promote the president’s agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 May 2025
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David Silverberg, JSTOR Daily, 13 June 2025
Save for the expert-level, ultra-fast 200cc racing mode, the broad strokes of a Mario Kart game have gone from staid to practically frozen in amber in recent years.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
The latter is well-timed, given a recent spate of Hollywood projects and real-life developments that have nudged the traditionally staid, country-club sport closer to the center of popular culture.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 June 2025
The traditionally staid and formal official White House social media accounts have under the second Trump administration become a fertile ground for memes, images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and other unorthodox ways to tweak opponents and promote the president’s agenda.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staid
Adjective
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In the procedural drama, Rodríguez brings to life a multi-layered and solemn character shaped by a traumatic childhood — abused within the foster care system, with no knowledge of his origins, and struggling with severe dyslexia.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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This protection -- known as the seal of confession -- is among the oldest and most solemn obligations in the Catholic Church, grounded in the Church’s teaching that, in the sacrament, penitents are confidentially confessing to and receiving forgiveness from God.—
Hiram Sasser,
National Review,
15 June 2025
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The far more imposing limit is MLS’s global standing.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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And on the other hand, in a world where most of their top arms remain healthy and effective, the Dodgers could possess one of the most imposing starting pitching staffs in recent memory.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Historians often describe Flammarion more as a popularizer than a serious scientist, but this should not diminish his accomplishments.—
Matthew Shindell,
Space.com,
29 June 2025
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To be sure, there have been positive signs that the revival was working, not least because the Tata’s were prepared to deploy serious capital and effort to back its ambitions.—
Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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From September 25-28, the Windy City hosts Chicago Gourmet one of the nation’s most distinguished food festivals.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Developers feed their chatbot models on a torrent of material, much of it scraped from the web — everything from distinguished literary works to random babbling — as well as collections holding millions of books, articles, scientific papers and the like, some of it copyrighted.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Born in Philadelphia in October 1888, Breen shuttled between jobs in public relations, newspaper journalism, and the U.S. consular service, yet the connecting thread was always his deep, proud, stern Irish Catholicism.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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However, strikes between the two nations appeared to continue—leading to a stern rebuke from the president on Tuesday morning.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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First age, then politics Yet, for all that, the rise of the 85-and-up crowd is only part of why McAleer and other local advocates fear that dignified old age is about to become tougher to achieve.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
20 June 2025
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Daily access must remain safe, simple, and dignified for those who rely on them.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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More decorous versions simply excluded Jews, Blacks, and others to create those ethnic enclaves Vance decries in the form of elite institutions from country clubs to, formerly, Congress and the courts.—
Rebecca Solnit
August 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Aug. 2024
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Instead, they are selected and rearranged to form a narrative of gradual debasement: a semantic descent from the decorous to the vulgar, often ending with crude references to the body.—
Jeffrey Weiss,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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While Nancy Mitford’s life was all aristocratic escapades splashed across the gossip pages, Bessie Carter has a penchant for German techno and British electronic-music festivals, comfy T-shirts on her days off, and a nebulizer for her vocal cords.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
18 June 2025
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Related Articles Fresh off designing the priest’s robes for the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, the designer with aristocratic roots took another deep dive into the history of France.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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“Staid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staid. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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