Both Uses of
staid
in
Great Expectations
- We came to Richmond all too soon, and our destination there was a house by the green,—a staid old house, where hoops and powder and patches, embroidered coats, rolled stockings, ruffles and swords, had had their court days many a time.†
Chpt 33
- If that staid old house near the Green at Richmond should ever come to be haunted when I am dead, it will be haunted, surely, by my ghost.†
Chpt 38 *
Definition:
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(staid) respectable or conservative, and low-keyed in behavior -- possibly a bit dull