What does stately mean?
Definitions for stately
ˈsteɪt listate·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word stately.
Princeton's WordNet
baronial, imposing, noble, statelyadjective
impressive in appearance
"a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
stately, statuesqueadjective
of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
courtly, formal, statelyadjective
refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
"a courtly gentleman"
Wiktionary
statelyadverb
In a stately manner.
statelyadjective
Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.
statelyadjective
Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.
statelyadjective
Imposing; grand, impressive.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Statelyadjective
Etymology: from state.
A statelier pyramid to her I’ll rear,
Than Rhodope’s or Memphis’ ever was. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.These regions have abundance of high cedars, and other stately trees casting a shade. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.
Truth, like a stately dome, will not shew herself at the first visit. South.
He many a walk travers’d
Of stateliest covert, cedar, pine, or palm. John Milton.He maintains majesty in the midst of plainness, and is stately without ambition, which is the vice of Lucan. Dryden.
Statelyadverb
Majestically.
Etymology: from the adjective.
Ye that stately tread or lowly creep. John Milton.
ChatGPT
stately
Stately refers to someone or something that is dignified, grand, majestic, or impressive in appearance or manner, often associated with elegance and formality. It can describe both people and objects like buildings or processions.
Webster Dictionary
Stately
evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait
Statelyadverb
majestically; loftily
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
STATELY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stately is ranked #72568 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Stately surname appeared 268 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stately.
57.8% or 155 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
26.1% or 70 total occurrences were White.
10.4% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.
3.7% or 10 total occurrences were Black.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stately in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of stately in a Sentence
Have you not learned that not stocks or bonds or stately homes or products of mill or field are our country It is the splendid thought that is in our minds.
Some GOP senators're going to go from a nice, stately left wing liberal to someone who's probably more in the style of Sonia Sotomayor, i hope it's not someone like Sonia Sotomayor, who went for a hearing about the virus and start spouting off facts, which just two minutes later fact checkers all over the world were giving Sonia Sotomayor' Four Pinocchios' zone. I hope it's at least someone who will at least not misrepresent the facts. I think they will misinterpret the law.
We’re going to go from a nice, stately liberal to someone who’s probably more in the style of Sonia Sotomayor, … I hope it’s at least someone who will at least not misrepresent the facts. I think they will misinterpret the law.
Like the old motto of a famous Sunday paper, 'All human life was there' in the stately circle of the Mountbatten-Windsors, as the family coped in semipublic with those everlasting elements of human interest-sickness, scandal, family tension and divorce.
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