Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



Antonyms for stateliness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : steyt-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsteɪt li



Definition of stateliness

Origin :
  • "noble, splendid," late 14c., from state (n.1) in a sense of "costly and imposing display" (such as benefits a person of rank and wealth), early 14c.; a sense also preserved in the phrase to lie in state "to be ceremoniously exposed to view before interment" (1705). Hence also stateroom.
  • As in nobility : noun aristocracy; eminence
  • As in splendor : noun radiance, glory
  • As in magnificence : noun grandeur
  • As in majesty : noun grandeur
  • As in elegancy : noun elegance
  • As in noblesse : noun nobility
  • As in dignity : noun excellence, nobility
  • As in grandeur : noun great importance
  • As in greatness : noun nobleness of character; eminence
Example sentences :
  • I have explored its large and little streets, its stateliness and its slums.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • We marched along like this with all the stateliness and solemnity of camels!
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I prefer a tendency to stateliness to an excess of fellowship.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The stateliness of her figure completed the impression of a Roman matron.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Where's dignity, leisure, stateliness; where's Art and Eloquence?
  • Extract from : « More Trivia » by Logan Pearsall Smith
  • A vision of Cecilia swam before him, gracious in stateliness.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
  • The stateliness of the youth struck me: he held himself like an emperor.
  • Extract from : « Brittany » by Mortimer Menpes and Dorothy Menpes
  • It has a stateliness which makes it well adapted to dignified themes.
  • Extract from : « English Narrative Poems » by Various
  • The sugar in her mouth did not impair the stateliness of her manner and utterance.
  • Extract from : « The Last Entry » by William Clark Russell
  • "That could never matter," Walter said, with some stateliness.
  • Extract from : « The Wizard's Son, vol. 3 » by Margaret Oliphant

Synonyms for stateliness

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019