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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. impressive in appearance;
- Example: "a baronial mansion"
- Example: "an imposing residence"
- Example: "a noble tree"
- Example: "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"
- Example: "stately columns"
[syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately]

2. of size and dignity suggestive of a statue;
[syn: stately, statuesque]

3. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court;
- Example: "a courtly gentleman"
[syn: courtly, formal, stately]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stately \State"ly\, adv.
   Majestically; loftily. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stately \State"ly\, a. [Compar. Statelier
   (st[=a]t"l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Stateliest.]
   Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as,
   stately manners; a stately gait. "The stately homes of
   England!" --Mrs. Hemans. "Filled with stately temples."
   --Prescott.
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         Here is a silly stately style indeed!    --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Lofty; dignified; majestic; grand; august; magnificent.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stately
    adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an
           imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking
           policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"
           [syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately]
    2: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn: stately,
       statuesque]
    3: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a
       royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, formal,
       stately]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

78 Moby Thesaurus words for "stately":
   Babylonian, Corinthian, aristocratic, august, awe-inspiring,
   awesome, awful, barbaric, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional,
   courtly, decorous, deluxe, dignified, distinguished, elaborate,
   elegant, elevated, extravagant, fancy, fine, formal, gallant,
   glorious, gracious, grand, grandiose, grave, hieratic, imperial,
   imposing, impressive, inspiring, kingly, liturgic, lofty, lordly,
   luxurious, magisterial, magnificent, majestic, moving, noble,
   palatial, plush, pompous, posh, princely, proud, queenly, regal,
   ritual, ritualistic, ritzy, royal, sacerdotal, sedate, serious,
   sober, solemn, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, statuesque,
   striking, sublime, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank,
   swanky, swell, venerable, weighty, well-mannered, worthy