English-Thai Dictionary

staid

ADJ เงียบขรึม  ขรึม  สงบ  มั่นคง  สุขุม  sedate calm stable solemn capricious unstable ngib-kuam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAID

pret, and pp. of stay; so written for stayed. 1. a. [from stay, to stop. ] Sober; grave; steady; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, flighty or fanciful; as staid wisdom.
To ride out with staid guides.

 

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

STAID

STAID Staid,

 

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Stay.

 

STAID

Staid, a. Etym: [From Stay to stop. ]

 

Defn: Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful. "Sober and staid persons." Addison. O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue. Milton.

 

Syn. -- Sober; grave; steady; steadfast; composed; regular; sedate.

 

STAIDLY

STAIDLY Staid "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a staid manner, sedately.

 

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

staid

staid |stād steɪd | ▶adjective sedate, respectable, and unadventurous: staid law firms. DERIVATIVES staid ly adverb, staid ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: archaic past participle of stay 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

staid

staid |steɪd | ▶adjective sedate, respectable, and unadventurous: staid law firms. DERIVATIVES staidly adverb, staidness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: archaic past participle of stay 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

staid

staid adjective I'm not some staid librarian, you know: sedate, respectable, quiet, serious, serious-minded, steady, conventional, traditional, unadventurous, unenterprising, set in one's ways, sober, proper, decorous, formal, stuffy, stiff, priggish; informal starchy, buttoned-down, stick-in-the-mud. ANTONYMS frivolous, daring, informal.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

staid

staid adjective staid old ladies: sedate, respectable, quiet, serious, serious-minded, steady, conventional, traditional, unadventurous, unenterprising, set in one's ways; grave, solemn, severe, sombre, sober, proper, decorous, formal; stuffy, prim, demure, prissy, stiff; informal starchy, uptight, stick-in-the-mud. ANTONYMS frivolous, daring, informal.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

staid

staid /steɪd /形容詞 ｟否定的に ｠くそまじめな, 堅物の, 時代遅れの, おもしろみのない .st á id ly 副詞 st á id ness 名詞