dignified

[ dig-nuh-fahyd ]
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adjective
  1. characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct.

Origin of dignified

1
First recorded in 1660–70; dignify + -ed2

Other words for dignified

Other words from dignified

  • dig·ni·fied·ly [dig-nuh-fahyd-lee, -fahy-id-], /ˈdɪg nəˌfaɪd li, -ˌfaɪ ɪd-/, adverb
  • dig·ni·fied·ness, noun
  • qua·si-dig·ni·fied, adjective
  • un·dig·ni·fied, adjective
  • un·dig·ni·fied·ly, adverb

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How to use dignified in a sentence

  • She was, to her sisters, as one who had passed within the shrine and was dignifiedly silent with regard to its intimate mysteries.

    The Yates Pride | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • With which bit of self-depreciation Roger stalked dignifiedly, if a trifle unsteadily, out of the room.

    Thirty | Howard Vincent O'Brien
  • Without another look he went dignifiedly upon his way, but the impression of her charming personality went with him.

    Jennie Gerhardt | Theodore Dreiser
  • He awoke kicking the offended foot, and gazed at the cockroach that did not scuttle, but that walked dignifiedly away.

    Jerry of the Islands | Jack London
  • And with that they were pacing dignifiedly down the shining deck, under a score of envious eyes.

    The Game and the Candle | Eleanor M. Ingram

British Dictionary definitions for dignified

dignified

/ (ˈdɪɡnɪˌfaɪd) /


adjective
  1. characterized by dignity of manner or appearance; stately

Derived forms of dignified

  • dignifiedly, adverb
  • dignifiedness, noun

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