Definitions for stately
ˈsteɪt listate·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. courtly, formal, stately(adj)

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

   "a courtly gentleman"

2. baronial, imposing, noble, stately(adj)

   impressive in appearance

   "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

3. stately, statuesque(adj)

   of size and dignity suggestive of a statue

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stately(Adverb)

   In a stately manner.

2. stately(Adjective)

   Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.

3. stately(Adjective)

   Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.

4. stately(Adjective)

   Imposing; grand, impressive.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stately

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

2. Stately(adverb)

   majestically; loftily

How to pronounce stately?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Prof.Salam Al Shereida:

   The price of greatness is perform stately duties.

3. 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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