Usually means: Majestic, dignified, impressive in appearance.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Stately:

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  1. stately: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stately: Merriam-Webster
  3. stately: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stately: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stately: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stately: Vocabulary.com
  7. Stately, stately: Wordnik
  8. stately: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. stately: Wiktionary
  10. stately: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. stately: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. stately: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. stately: Dictionary.com
  14. stately: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. stately: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Stately: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. stately: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. stately: Rhymezone
  19. Stately: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. stately: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. stately: FreeDictionary.org
  22. stately: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. stately: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stately: Legal dictionary

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  1. stately: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stately: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stately)

▸ adjective:  (of people) Worthy of respect; dignified, regal.
▸ adjective:  (of movement) Deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
▸ adjective:  Grand; impressive; imposing.
▸ adverb:  In a stately manner.

Similar:
elegant, dignified, imposing, impressive, noble, formal, courtly, tall, statuesque, baronial, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious, unassuming

Types:
palatial, majestic, imposing, grand, splendid, resplendent, magnificent, more...

Phrases:
stately homes, stately home, Stately quadrille, stately country house, stately warrior, more...

Colors:
    burgundy,     charcoal,     emerald,     gold,     royal blue, more...


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Similar:
elegant, dignified, imposing, impressive, noble, formal, courtly, tall, statuesque, baronial, more...

Opposite:
humble, unpretentious, unassuming

Types:
palatial, majestic, imposing, grand, splendid, resplendent, magnificent, more...

Phrases:
stately homes, stately home, Stately quadrille, stately country house, stately warrior, stately statesman, stately residence, stately processional dance, stately tree, stately tombs, stately church, more...

Colors:
    burgundy,     charcoal,     emerald,     gold,     royal blue, more...



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