staidly
adverb
staidness
noun
staid
2 of 2past tense and past participle of stay
Examples of staid in a Sentence
Adjective
a staid and solemn businessman
everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor
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Adjective
For a city that draws more visitors than anywhere else in Canada, Toronto’s hotel scene always felt a little staid.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, AFAR Media, 16 July 2025
Benny is a towering figure of comedy who pushed it to new, meta heights in the relatively staid worlds of radio and early TV.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Integration jobs are already on the rise, according to LinkedIn’s Raman, even if their titles are fairly staid.
—Robert Capps Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 17 June 2025
While institutional holdings have ticked up, and now sit just under 49%, Tesla remains somewhat under-owned by the biggest money managers compared to more staid tech names.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 5 June 2025
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“Staid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staid. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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