staid
adjective
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Definition of staid
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staid
Definition of staid (Entry 2 of 2)
past tense and past participle of stay
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Synonyms & Antonyms for staid
Synonyms: Adjective
earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, po-faced [British], sedate, serious, severe, sober, sobersided, solemn, uncomic, unsmiling, weighty
Antonyms: Adjective
facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, kittenish, ludic, playful
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Examples of staid in a Sentence
Adjective
a staid and solemn businessman everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professorRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Kerouac saw sadness in Frank’s collection, but what is most notable about the staid, unburnished faces now is their comparative sanguinity. — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, "How Robert Frank’s Photographs Helped Define America," 11 Sep. 2019 The earliest biographers of James Buchanan, writing in the staid Victorian era, said very little about his sexuality. — Thomas Balcerski, Smithsonian, "The 175-Year History of Speculating About President James Buchanan’s Bachelorhood," 28 Aug. 2019 That might sound like a staid list of institutions and businesses, but behind each one is a person (or multiple people) with a fierce set of interests that are very often at odds with the others. — Chase Purdy, Quartz, "A new nutrition group aims to erase the link between value and massive portions," 25 Aug. 2019 But the staid, routine pleasures of gelato pale in comparison with the extravagant joys of the seasonal ice-cream stand, which are as fleeting as the long, hot days of a New Hampshire summer. — Katherine Howell, National Review, "The Summer Ice-Cream Stand," 22 Aug. 2019 Mr Middelhoff’s stellar rise was unusual in staid Teutonic business culture. — The Economist, "Thomas Middelhoff reflects on failure in German business," 22 Aug. 2019 With his wife, Lisa Goldman, the couple re-imagined the festival’s major fundraising format from a staid black-tie dinner into the Big Picnic, a relaxed preconcert family frolic now in its eighth year. — Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com, "Stern Grove Festival will party on with new Goldman duo at the helm," 21 Aug. 2019 While many All-Star games feel staid and littered with corporate interlopers from out of town, Indians fans dominated the jerseys on the concourse and roared for heroes past and present. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, "American League wins MLB All-Star Game to extend winning streak to seven games," 9 July 2019 Rapunzel won’t be alone in letting down her hair: Nothing is staid or formulaic during these free concert performances from the Manhattan School of Music’s outreach program. — Laurel Graeber, New York Times, "7 Things to Do With Your Kids in NYC This Weekend," 5 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'staid.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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staid
adjective
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