staidness

Definizione monolingua

staidness

staidness (uncountable)

1. The state or characteristic of being staid.
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches of Boz, ch. 7:

     It is difficult to say whether Mr. John Dounces red countenance, illuminated as it was by the flickering gas-light in the window before which he paused, excited the ladys risibility, or whether a natural exuberance of animal spirits proved too much for that staidness of demeanour which the forms of society rather dictatorially prescribe.

   • 1887, Charlotte M. Yonge, Under the Storm, ch. 22:

     [T]here was a staidness and sobriety about her demeanour that kept all impertinence at a distance.

Definizione dizionario staidness

Altri significati:

The property of being staid.