Antonyms for stolidity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : stol-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɒl ɪd

Definition of stolidity

Origin : 1560s (implied in stolidity), from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, brutish," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)).

noun apathy

Example sentences :

His manner, however, made no impression on Timmins's stolidity.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

He had learnt his virtue by observing Peggy, an Indian virtue at that—stolidity.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Her stolidity of manner and her logic, ponderous and irresistible, had their effect.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

A kind of English stolidity about them baffled him—ten of them remained ten.
Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy

In some fashion its silence and stolidity steadied her for her errand.
Extract from : « Actions and Reactions » by Rudyard Kipling

Her stolidity showed no anxiety; she was too sure of the result.
Extract from : « A Christmas Accident and Other Stories » by Annie Eliot Trumbull

Stolidity is the pet affectation of the breed; at heart he is as garrulous as an ape.
Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner

Later, we had another instance of his stolidity; that was when crossing a salt lake.
Extract from : « Spinifex and Sand » by David W Carnegie

With all its rude plainness and stolidity, he loved the German mind.
Extract from : « Wagner as I Knew Him » by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger

These Indians are particularly exasperating by their laziness and stolidity.
Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James

Synonyms for stolidity

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