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The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or levity.
  2. n. a trait of dignified seriousness
  3. 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.
  4. 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 youthaccompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of agewanting. Dryden.
  5. n a trait of dignified seriousness