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stately
adjective
1 stately
Impressive in appearance:
— Stately columns.
synonyms: baronial, imposing, noble.
Roget 873:
distinguished,
distingue [Fr.],
noted;
of note
etc.
n.;
honored
etc.
v.;
popular;
fashionable
etc.
852.
in good odor in;
favor,
in high favor;
reputable,
respectable,
creditable.
remarkable
etc.
(important)
642;
notable,
notorious;
celebrated,
renowned,
ion every one's mouth,
talked of;
famous,
famed;
far-famed;
conspicuous,
to the front;
foremost;
in the front rank,
in the ascendant.
imperishable,
deathless,
immortal,
never fading,
aere perennius [Lat.];
time honored.
illustrious,
glorious,
splendid,
brilliant,
radiant;
bright
etc.
420;
full-blown;
honorific.
eminent,
prominent;
high
etc.
206;
in the zenith;
at the head of,
at the top of the tree;
peerless,
of the first water. ;
superior
etc.
33;
supereminent,
preeminent.
great,
dignified,
proud,
noble,
honorable,
worshipful,
lordly,
grand,
stately,
august,
princely.
imposing,
solemn,
transcendent,
majestic,
sacred,
sublime,
heaven-born,
heroic,
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.];
sacrosanct.
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Roget 878:
dignified;
stately;
proud,
proud-crested;
lordly,
baronial;
lofty-minded;
highsouled,
high-minded,
high-mettled†,
high-handed,
high-plumed,
high-flown,
high-toned.
haughty lofty,
high,
mighty,
swollen,
puffed up,
flushed,
blown;
vainglorious;
purse-proud,
fine;
proud as a peacock,
proud as Lucifer;
bloated with pride.
supercilious,
disdainful,
bumptious,
magisterial,
imperious,
high and mighty,
overweening,
consequential;
arrogant
etc.
885;
unblushing
etc.
880.
stiff,
stiff-necked;
starch;
perked stuck-up;
in buckram,
strait-laced;
prim
etc.
(affected)
855.
on one's dignity,
on one's high horses,
on one's tight ropes,
on one's high ropes;
on stilts;
en grand seigneur [Fr.].
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2 stately
Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue.
synonym: statuesque.
3 stately
Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court.
synonyms: courtly, formal.
Roget 882:
ostentatious,
showy,
dashing,
pretentious;
janty†,
jaunty;
grand,
pompous,
palatial;
high-sounding;
turgid
etc.
(big-sounding)
577;
gairish†,
garish;
gaudy,
gaudy as a peacock,
gaudy as a butterfly,
gaudy as a tulip;
flaunting,
flashing,
flaming,
glittering;
gay
etc.
(ornate)
847.
splendid,
magnificent,
sumptuous.
theatrical,
dramatic,
spectacular;
ceremonial,
ritual.
solemn,
stately,
majestic,
formal,
stiff,
ceremonious,
punctilious,
starched.
dressed to kill,
dressed to the nines,
decjed out,
all decked out,
en granite tenue [Fr.],
in best bib and tucker,
in Sunday best,
endimanch_e,
chic.
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Moby thesaurus: Babylonian, Corinthian, aristocratic, august, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, barbaric, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, courtly, decorous, deluxe, dignified, distinguished, elaborate, elegant, elevated, extravagant, fancy, fine, formal, gallant, glorious, gracious, grand, grandiose, grave, hieratic, imperial, imposing, impressive, inspiring, kingly, liturgic, lofty, lordly, luxurious, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, moving, noble, palatial, plush, pompous, posh, princely, proud, queenly, regal, ritual, ritualistic, ritzy, royal, sacerdotal, sedate, serious, sober, solemn, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, statuesque, striking, sublime, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, venerable, weighty, well-mannered, worthy ... show more.
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