stately
Example Sentences
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A moment later, both vehicles drove off at a stately pace, as if nothing had happened.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Someone dies, and then their friends and family, appropriately dressed in black, gather in a stately room while an elderly lawyer reads a list of who gets what.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
From there she strikes out into the countryside in a suitably stately carriage.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
The stately “Plastic Cigarette” is a sharp study of two characters who give in to destructive impulses and imagine a better life together but aren’t quite sure how to get there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
He spoke a stately English without ever using the letter R. When the tong wars were going on in California, it happened now and then that Lee found a price on his head.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.