Meanings of certain stateliness in English

The members of the Court acquire a certain stateliness by their lofty fellowship.

Then, however, it had a certain stateliness which it lacks now.

Mr. Soper combined a certain stateliness of carriage with a restless insignificance of feature.

There was a certain stateliness about the manner of the king which was remarkably becoming.

On he came with a slow, ponderous tread, combining a certain stateliness with his awkward strides.

She was tall and fair, with a certain stateliness of carriage which harmonised wonderfully with a thoughtful and pale face.

Tall and finely made, with prominent nose and piercing eyes, she was marked by a certain stateliness and a decided manner.

These older-fashioned houses, built, I presume, on the Spanish model, are not without a certain stateliness, from the depth and breadth of their chiaroscuro.

Then she filled the mustard pot, and, putting it with a certain stateliness upon a gold and black tea-tray, carried it into the parlour.

A certain stateliness and dignity kept people at a distance, and, together with an exacting discipline, won him the sobriquet of "Old Fuss and Feathers."

"You are very good," said Anne, but she spoke with a certain stateliness notwithstanding.

"For the rest," continued the doctor, with a certain stateliness of manner, "I order a complete change of scene.

'Benson, my dear, will come and look after you the last thing,' said the old lady, not without a certain stateliness.