stateliness

  • 101grandeur — c.1500, loftiness, height, from M.Fr. grandeur grandness, greatness, O.Fr. grandor (12c.), from grand great (see GRAND (Cf. grand) (adj.)). Extended sense of majesty, stateliness is first recorded 1660s …

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  • 102grandeur — gran·deur || grændÊ’É™(r) n. grandness; largeness; stateliness, magnificence; importance; nobility …

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  • 103grandeurs — gran·deur || grændÊ’É™(r) n. grandness; largeness; stateliness, magnificence; importance; nobility …

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  • 104kingliness — n. kingly quality, regalness, stateliness …

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  • 105portliness — port·li·ness || pÉ”rtlɪnɪs / pɔːt n. fatness, obesity; stateliness, state of having a pleasant appearance; stoutness …

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  • 106queenliness — kwɪːnlɪnɪs n. regalness, majesty, stateliness; quality of being fit for a queen …

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  • 107stately — adjective (statelier, stateliest) dignified, imposing, or grand. Derivatives stateliness noun …

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  • 108assumption — n. 1. Assuming, taking, taking on, taking up, accepting, becoming responsible for. 2. Assuming, arrogating, usurpation. 3. Presumption, supposition, conjecture, hypothesis, postulate, theory. 4. Haughtiness, loftiness, superciliousness,… …

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  • 109ceremony — n. 1. Rite, form, formality, ceremonial, solemnity, observance. 2. Parade, pomp, show, stateliness …

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  • 110dignity — n. 1. Rank, elevation, standing, station, place, greatness, eminence, exaltation, glory, honor, reputableness, respectability. 2. Stateliness, grandeur, majesty, nobleness, lofty bearing or conduct, elevation of aspect or deportment, dignified… …

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