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Meanings of stately in inglês
Synonyms
Examples for "formal"
Examples for "formal"
1
A formal welcome was held at Government House, lasting about 30 minutes.
2
The government source said Britain had yet to receive a formal proposal.
3
South African labour law requires clear formal processes for strikes and walk-outs.
4
Mr Solana said today he had yet to receive Iran's formal reply.
5
They have given the Premier seven days to issue a formal response.
1
The remaining nobles were dressed in courtly apparel and becoming the scene.
2
Resolutely formal and courtly: the very model of the traditional Adwami aristocrat.
3
Up in the empyrean courtly circles his relations were quite as gratifying.
4
The Major was a courtly gentleman who told stories of the war.
5
Shandi walked me though the courtly dances of a half dozen countries.
Usage of stately in inglês
1
The city itself is very stately; and the nobles are very proud.
2
A great eagle soared in stately circles in the deep blue sky.
3
There were confusion and dismay in the stately home of the Earles.
4
The game has a stately, serious look, befitting its past, its heritage.
5
Ayla looked across the water at the large, long-billed, long-legged, stately birds.
6
The two women stood staring at each other in the stately hall.
7
The general took leave with the most stately courtesy, and soon followed.
8
The trees of the forest are here of the most stately dimensions.
9
That evening the Board of Education met in dull and stately session.
10
The second was tall and slender, and slow and stately in movement.
11
At the end of the stately ceremonies President Lincoln rose and said:
12
She swept aside the drapery and entered-thestately lady of the house.
13
There issued from the forest to the westward the stately Irish elk.
14
You behold the citizen of these Hellenic colonies in their stately prime.
15
A very stately lady with a Roman nose came in the room.
16
With favouring airs the stately ships slid slowly on in crescent formation.
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Stately through the time
Stately across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common