stateliness.

A dignified and impressive quality of bearing, movement, or appearance.

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Words that belong together

• quiet stateliness
• stateliness of movement

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The procession moved with a stateliness that made the narrow street seem ceremonial.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.