Category:Staidness

Staid"ness, n.

Defn: the quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; Sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or ant: levity. If sometimes he appears too gray, yet a secret gracefulness of youth Accompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of age Wanting. Dryden.

Syn. -- sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; constancy; firmness; Stability; sedateness.