staidly
adverb
staidness
noun
staid
2 of 2past tense and past participle of stay
Examples of staid in a Sentence
Adjective
a staid and solemn businessman
everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor
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Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
The cultural sphere of Paris is interested in modern art – the famous people are Picasso, all these avant-garde influencers – but within the staid, traditional art world, it’s still seen as this inconsequential art movement.
—Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
Volvo long ago dispatched its staid exterior, with the latest modifications further modernizing the vehicle’s appearance.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
By the staid standard of Japanese political pronouncements this is controversial and will help draw attention to the rise in Japanese interest rates in the past two weeks.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Adjective
Roberts, who often looked to me like an English schoolboy—rumpled shirt, rep tie—had worked with Tina to transform the British magazine Tatler from a staid society rag into a place of mischief.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
The cultural sphere of Paris is interested in modern art – the famous people are Picasso, all these avant-garde influencers – but within the staid, traditional art world, it’s still seen as this inconsequential art movement.
—Erin Douglass, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
Volvo long ago dispatched its staid exterior, with the latest modifications further modernizing the vehicle’s appearance.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 25 May 2025
By the staid standard of Japanese political pronouncements this is controversial and will help draw attention to the rise in Japanese interest rates in the past two weeks.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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“Staid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staid. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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