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stately Definition

stately (stāt′lē)

adjective -·lier, -·li·est

  1. imposing; dignified; majestic
  2. slow, dignified, and deliberate a stately pace

stately Related Forms
state′·li·ness noun
stately Synonyms

stately

modif.

  1. Said of persons

    lordly, dignified, proud, imperious, haughty, stiff, formal, noble, solemn, august, ceremonious, pompous, imperious, regal, royal, kingly, imperial, masterful.

    Antonyms simple*, unassuming, modest.

  2. Said of objects

    large, grand, spacious, lofty, imposing, elevated, high, majestic, magnificent, sumptuous, palatial, opulent, superb, luxurious, monumental, impressive.

    Antonyms poor*, cheap, lowly. See syn. study at grand.grand.

stately Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • pace: All-American through and through, it's nostalgic, stately of pace, and shot unfussily using only those techniques available to mid-50s cameramen.

Modifies a noun

  • mansion: And then suddenly on the right bank we come to a stately mansion, Thornton ' Hall.
  • edifice: In 1899 the stately edifice over which Mr Warrick presided was erected by Miss CRICHTON in memory of her father.
  • home: In 1949 Longleat became the first stately home in England to open its doors to the public.
  • chateau: Passing boats would stately chateaux and the grand flotilla help transport our.
  • pile: Most of the conference was based at Avondale House, a modest stately pile where Charles Stewart Parnell lived, in the Wicklow hills.
  • palace: Also worth seeing, Lahore Fort contains stately palaces, halls and gardens.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: The whole building used to shake as the water rushed through and the wheel turned in its rather stately way.
  • very: The other bridge is upon the River Dee, about a mile west above New Aberdeen, and has seven very stately fine arches.
  • so: They are not nearly so large as the white, nor are they so stately in their movements.
  • almost: The furniture of the room struck upon my eye as almost stately.
  • not: However... as we turned left out of the estate where we live ( as in council estate, not stately home estate!
  • quite: Raymond looks quite fetching in what I always think of as being the Sophie Rhys Jones - tall and brown and quite stately.
stately Quotes

Children, you are very little, And your bones are very brittle; If you would grow great and stately, You must try to walk sedately.

—Stevenson, Robert Louis

What can ever be more statelyand admirable to me than mast-hemm'd Manhattan?

—Whitman,Walt(er)

I became one of the stately homos of England.

—Crisp, Quentin

I kissed her slender hand, She took the kiss sedately; Maud is not seventeen, But she is tall and stately.

—Tennyson

   Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor, Doing the MilitaryTwo-step, as in the days of yore.

—Grenfell,Joyce ne¤  e Phipps

The stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the upper classes Have still the upper hand.

—Coward, Sir Noe«  l Peirce