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| staid [ stayd ] (comparative staid·er, superlative staid·est) |
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sober and steady: sedate and settled in habits or temperament, sometimes to the point of dullness
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| [Mid-16th century. Obsolete past participle of stay1, literally "fixed, settled"] |
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  staid·ly adverb |
| staid·ness noun |
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