Staid Definition

stād
adjective
staider, staidest
Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.
American Heritage
Resisting change; fixed.
Webster's New World
Sober; sedate; settled and steady.
Webster's New World

Serious, organized, and professional; sober.

Wiktionary
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Antonyms:
verb

Stay.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Staid

Adjective

Base Form:
staid
Comparative:
staider
Superlative:
staidest

Origin of Staid

  • From obsolete staid past participle of stay

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Adjective use of stayed, past participle of stay.

    From Wiktionary

Staid Sentence Examples

  • Woo- Gloucester passed as a staid and religious prince, and cester.

  • Over the last few years he has taken the staid world of opera by storm.

  • The British economy is only healthy in the sense that the most staid middle-aged man is healthy.

  • Its cities are shaking off their staid reputations and reveling in their cosmopolitan chic.

  • Pretoria is the staid, conservative capital, with wide streets lined with jacaranda trees that bloom purple in spring.

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