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How to pronounce stately in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms baronial, imposing, noble
Derivation stateliness


stately columns.
Type Words
Synonyms statuesque
Derivation stateliness
Type Words
Synonyms courtly, formal
Derivation stateliness

Examples of stately

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Perhaps it is the stately bluegrass she created with her band the Nash Ramblers.
From the kentucky.com
From the outside, the Briere house is a snow-capped picture of stately serenity.
From the delawareonline.com
The space is confined but characters proceed with a stately grandeur of gesture.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's a saga of a stately species that once shaded our houses, streets and parks.
From the dispatch.com
Elms, palms and other huge, stately trees shade our quiet street and its median.
From the sacbee.com
Steve and Margreet Ray of Topanga eat lunch under a stately pine at Dewey Point.
From the fresnobee.com
Arentz set about creating a stately solution to the front of the original house.
From the washingtonpost.com
This car is made for those who don't care about a name to be considered stately.
From the techcrunch.com
The stately bookstore is the nexus of the region's arts and entertainment scene.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • Baronial: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
  • Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
  • Courtly: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
  • (stateliness) an elaborate manner of doing something; "she served coffee with great stateliness"
  • (stateliness) impressiveness in scale or proportion
  • Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect; Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried; Imposing; grand, impressive; In a stately manner