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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; – the opposite of

wildness

, or

levity

If sometimes he appears too gay, yet a secret gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though the

staidness

and sobriety of age be wanting.

Dryden.

Syn. – Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; constancy; firmness; stability; sedateness.

Noun.

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.