Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Stately (statelier, statlier)
stately (statelier, statlier), adj. [see state, n.] (webplay: grand, majestic).
- Portentous; meaningful; important; significant; consequential; crucial.
- Distinguished; honorable; imperial.
- August; serious.
- Magnificent; splendid.
- Arrogant; proud.
- Enormous; immense.
- Elevated in sentiment.
- Honest; virtuous; modest.
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