stateliness

Woodwinds at the top of Act II are practically Wagnerian in their extravagant stateliness.

Part of what distinguishes Davies’ stories has always been the unfashionable stateliness of their telling, their quality of contemplation.

The concrete stateliness of the set, which audience members must cross to get to their seats, is balanced by Arjun Bhasin’s colorful, culturally specific costumes.

While a federal ban would stop people from merely crossing stateliness to acquire semiautomatic firearms, he said, “states really need to lead the way.”

There’s a homespun stateliness to Rubinstein’s portrayal of Ike, who in the study of his post-presidency home in Gettysburg, Penn., reviews the central episodes of his life.