Category:Stately

State"ly, a. [compar. Statelier; superl. Stateliest.]

Defn: evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, Statelymanners; a stately gait. "the stately homes of england!" Mrs. Hemans. "filled with stately temples." Prescott. Here is a stately style indeed! Shak.

Syn. -- lofty; dignified; majestic; grand; august; magnificent.

Stately State"ly, adv.

Defn: majestically; loftily. Milton.