Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STATE'LY
STATE'LY, a.
- Lofty; dignified; majestic; as, stately manners; a stately gait.
- Magnificent; grand; as, a stately edifice; a stately dome; a stately pyramid.
- Elevated in sentiment. – Dryden.
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