stately
23
5.7
- adjective
- /ˈsteɪtli/
:
majestuoso
- The wedding ceremony took place in a stately cathedral, impressing all the guests with its grandeur.
- a stately home
- a stately tree
- a stately house
We show his ugly face, and then we show Plato and his very stately face.
- We show his ugly face, and then we show Plato and his very stately face.
- So I was in the prison and it's like a stately home, E Sutton Park.
Examples
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His wife Anna, lithe and stately, saw darker visions that I yet understood.
Academic text (2001) -
We entered the hearing chamber, stately stone and warm dark wood, seats upholstered in dark faux leather.
Fiction book (1993) -
What you see is a very stately lady.
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It's like a stately home.
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So there it is, very stately among all the stately buildings in the mall.
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I introduced her to two elegant, stately black women I considered role models.
Academic text (2007) -
Morning found them in a rich country with rows of stately trees along the banks.
Fiction book (1993) -
His performance, to a packed house in a stately auditorium, was the best I'd ever seen him give.
Academic text (2009) -
Dr. Wick Sachs lived in a stately red-brick house set back on one of the highest hills.
Fiction book (1995) -
"The emperor continued his stately progress down Market Street, accompanied by his bulldog and terrier comrades."
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
299
3.9
Very impressive and beautiful in appearance or style
50
4.3
Having great beauty and causing people to feel respect
41
5.2
Having a calm, impressive way of looking and behaving
24
3.6
Large and impressive in appearance or manner
13
5.6
Having a large, impressive appearance that makes people notice and respect it
9
7.4
Very large and beautiful, like a palace
6
7.2
Polite and elegant like people at a royal court
4
6.7
Having the style, power, or position of a king
3
6.5
Having a calm, proud, and impressive appearance
1
8.5
Large and impressive, like a lord's old house or small castle
1
8.1
Grand and dignified in a way a rich, powerful person acts
1
7.7
Large and impressive in a way that makes people feel wonder
1
5.6
Having the calm, proud manner and look of a queen
A person or building with a grand, dignified look that impresses people
Grand and serious in a way that makes people respect it
Showing a proud, grand style like a lord
Showing a proud, grand manner that commands respect
Showing the style and behavior of a lord, with dignity and power
Having a proud, powerful manner that makes other people feel small
A person or thing that has a dignified, grand appearance that shows importance
Antonyms
Compounds
How Impressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stately comes from the word state, which once meant 'position' or 'rank' and is the same idea behind estate (a large house). So, something stately looks like it belongs to a high position and is 'impressive' and 'dignified'.