Both Uses of
staid
in
Moby Dick
- A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.†
Chpt 25-27 *
- Such an unwonted bustle was he in that the staid Starbuck, his official superior, quietly resigned to him for the time the sole management of affairs.†
Chpt 64-66
Definition:
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(staid) respectable or conservative, and low-keyed in behavior -- possibly a bit dull