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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAIDNESS

n.Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; the opposite of wildness. If he sometimes appears too gay, yet a secret gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of age be wanting.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STAIDNESS

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.