All 3 Uses of
staid
in
War and Peace
- But owing to the superstition that the fewer the people who know of it the less a woman in travail suffers, everyone tried to pretend not to know; no one spoke of it, but apart from the ordinary staid and respectful good manners habitual in the prince's household, a common anxiety, a softening of the heart, and a consciousness that something great and mysterious was being accomplished at that moment made itself felt.†
Chpt 4
- "Or perhaps they amuse your honor?" remarked Alpatych with a staid air, as he pointed at the old men with his free hand.†
Chpt 10 *
- In the Rostovs' staid old-fashioned house the dissolution of former conditions of life was but little noticeable.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(staid) respectable or conservative, and low-keyed in behavior -- possibly a bit dull