staid
pronunciation
How to pronounce staid in British English:
UK [steɪd]
How to pronounce staid in American English:
US [sted]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by dignity and propriety
Word Origin
- staid
- staid: see stay
- staid (adj.)
- 1540s, "fixed, permanent," adjectival use of stayed, past participle of stay (v.). Meaning "sober, sedate" first recorded 1550s. Related: Staidly.
Example
- 1. Rather , it was a staid state-owned firm until it was privatised in 1997 .
- 2. This trend continued , and up until the present time the galleries became less staid , and more dynamic or descriptive and interpretive .
- 3. The normally staid wall street journal called phillips the " american hero of the moment " .
- 4. If it all sounds rather staid and starchy , that 's because it is .
- 5. The song has gone viral , taking on a life of its own on social networks across the famously staid city-state .