Whether it's a middle-class lifestyle, a conservative law firm, your unadventurous aunt, or an old navy plaid sofa, the word staid can be used to describe anything that maintains a respectable self-restraint and takes no chances.ĭecorous: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conductĪ discourse of only one or two minutes on the emotional problems of foreign girls was always sufficient tonic for even the most staid Cambridge evening. Staid is pronounced just like "stayed" - in fact, it comes from stay, meaning "fixed" or "permanent." Something that is staid is sedate, slightly dull, and tends to stay the same. Something that is staid is dignified, respectable - possibly even boring, like a staid dinner party that is heavy on the important guests but light on the laughs.
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