staid

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
2. adjective Always fixed in the same location; stationary.
3. verb Obsolete spelling of stayed.

Similar words

sedate decorous demure reserved sober serious formal stuffy conservative grave

Often followed by

and at in with there till a old to

Word family

staidly staidness staidnesses stay