Definitions for stately
ˈsteɪt listate·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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"

2. stately, statuesqueadjective

   of size and dignity suggestive of a statue

3. courtly, formal, statelyadjective

   refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

   "a courtly gentleman"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. statelyadverb

   In a stately manner.

2. statelyadjective

   Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.

3. statelyadjective

   Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.

4. statelyadjective

   Imposing; grand, impressive.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Statelyadjective

   Etymology: from state.

   1. August; grand; lofty; elevated; majestick; magnificent.

   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.

   2. Elevated in mien or sentiment.

   He maintains majesty in the midst of plainness, and is stately without ambition, which is the vice of Lucan. Dryden.

2. Statelyadverb

   Majestically.

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   Ye that stately tread or lowly creep. John Milton.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stately

   evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait

2. Statelyadverb

   majestically; loftily

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Anagrams for stately »

1. stylate

How to pronounce stately?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stately in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stately in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of stately in a Sentence

1. John Pearson:

   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.

2. Senator Wicker:

   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.

3. Roger Wicker:

   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.

4. Benjamin Harrison:

   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.

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