Meaning

3 senses

  1. Worthy of respect; dignified, regal.

    stattlich

  2. Deliberate, unhurried; dignified.

  3. Grand; impressive; imposing.

    impressive in size, manner, or appearance

Examples

7 sentences

  1. He walks in a stately manner.

    ruУ него величественная походка.

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  2. He lives in that stately mansion.

    ruОн живёт в том роскошном особняке.

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  3. A government official's stately mansion was looted.

    ruРоскошный дом правительственного чиновника был ограблен.

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  4. I'm speechless before such a beautiful and stately palace.

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  5. He was a stately man.

    ruОн был статный мужчина.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
worthy of respect:

Origin

From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, s

From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly. Compare stour. By surface analysis, state + -ly (adjectival suffix).

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Forms

statelier, stateliest
Comparativestatelier Lesson
Superlativestateliest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedstateliness
Derivedoverstatelystatelilystately elmstately homeunstately

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stateA2statehoodstatementA2statesmanB2
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