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stolid Definition

stolid (stälid)

adjective

having or showing little or no emotion or sensitivity; unexcitable; impassive

Etymology: L stolidus, firm, slow, stupid: for IE base see still

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stolid

modif.

unexcitable, impassive, apathetic; see indifferent 1. See syn. study at impassive.

stolid Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • face: Cassius just kept flicking jabs into the champion's stolid face; Liston kept swinging at where Cassius had been a split second before.
  • indifference: His rival's stolid indifference put the lawyer out of countenance.
  • character: But Inspector Burns was a stolid character; and was either too stupid or too clever to resent such trifles.
  • people: They are stolid, dependable people, and have more facial hair than anybody else.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: What was it that so disturbed that normally rather stolid body of British opinion?
  • somewhat: Scott himself shared Morritt's view that in aiming for solemnity Raeburn had given him a somewhat stolid air.
stolid Quotes

   A commonplace young man, A matter-of-fact young man, A steady and stolid-y, jolly Bank-Holiday Every-day young man!

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

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