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stately

[stayt-lee] / ˈsteɪt li /


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Then there’s the majestic white oak tree that stood as a stately landmark on our property just weeks ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Classic rock and jam bands like the Eagles and Dead & Co. largely use Sphere’s A/V capabilities as a psychedelic background to stately tunes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

“You’re invited to relax and entertain surrounded by a stately fireplace, regal archways and a row of leaded glass arched windows framing open-sky views,” the listing notes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

"I'm sure it was going on at Downton Abbey, but now the lid is lifted on what really happens in these stately homes."

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Windswept and secluded, Waltha Castle stood on flat lowlands surrounded by a moat and a stately grove of trees.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Tharp’s “In the Room” was sheer exuberance, Nearly four decades later, Tharp hardly seems to have slowed down her dance, but ”Aquas” does have a statelier sheen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

Then the crowd was asked to move out of the way as new paths were cut, and the women’s wear appeared at a steadier, statelier pace.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2022

The statelier English verse occupies its space comfortably.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2012

He put them on the runway at the Jeu de Paume — a contemporary art museum and one of this city’s statelier locations for a fashion show.

From Washington Post

If the stream of his genius flowed in gentle rivulets, it traveled as far and spread its fruitful influence as wide as many a statelier river.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner

It supplanted some of the city’s stateliest mansions with corporate palaces in blue glass and bronze.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2020

Alfred, Lord Tennyson, called the result “the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man.”

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

Indian Village is an historic development just to the west of the neighborhood, and it includes some of the largest, stateliest residences in the city.

From BusinessWeek ● Sep. 2, 2014

“The monument is appalling—in bad taste and in a very strategic position,” on Mexico City's stateliest avenue, near statues of Gandhi and Winston Churchill.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2013

The Major gasped, and stood before her blushing and mute; perceiving which, she laughed: "Indeed, they become me vastly well!" she murmured, and sank before him in the stateliest of curtseys.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Jeffery Farnol


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