stately

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈsteɪtli/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Worthy of respect; dignified, regal.
    — Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
  2. Deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
    — And much as they welcome his promise to repeal "don't ask, don't tell", they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.
  3. Grand; impressive; imposing.
    — In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
副词 adv.
  1. In a stately manner.

词形变化

statelier comparative stateliest superlative more stately comparative most stately superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
overstately statelily stateliness stately bush brown stately elm stately home unstately

词源

词源 1
From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly. Compare stour. By surface analysis, state + -ly (adjectival suffix).
词源 2
From Middle English stately, statli, equivalent to state + -ly (adverbial suffix).
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