OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 26895

stately

/ˈsteɪtli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
majestuoso • señorial • solariego
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.
imponente • majestuoso • solariego
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.
Their stately offices—their pleasant gardens—the magnificent cloisters constructed for their recreation, were all dilapidated and ruinous; […]
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