Hypertext Webster Gateway: "staidness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Staidness \Staid"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness;
sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or
{levity}.
If sometimes he appears too gray, yet a secret
gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though
the staidness and sobriety of age wanting. --Dryden.
Syn: Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; constancy;
firmness; stability; sedateness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
staidness
n : a trait of dignified seriousness [syn: {sedateness}, {solemnity},
{solemness}]
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