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state⋅ly

  [steyt-lee] adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est, adverb
–adjective
1. majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.: a stately home.
2. dignified.
–adverb
3. in a stately manner.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME statly. See state, -ly

Related forms:
state⋅li⋅ness, noun
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state·ly   (stāt'lē)   
adj.   state·li·er, state·li·est

  1. Dignified and impressive, as in size or proportions. See Synonyms at grand.

  2. Majestic; lofty.

adv.  In a ceremonious or imposing manner.

[Middle English statly, from state, state, rank; see state.]
state'li·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

stately 
"noble, splendid," c.1385, from state (n.1) in a sense of "costly and imposing display" (such as benefits a person of rank and wealth), c.1330; a sense also preserved in the phrase to lie in state "to be ceremoniously exposed to view before interment" (1705). Hence also stateroom (1703), reserved for ceremonial occasions; earlier (1660) it meant "a captain's cabin."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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