Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Old spellings of staid, staidly, staidness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written
staid . Seestaid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
stay .
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Examples
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Suffice it to say, he stayed -- he _stayed_ -- he STAYED!
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The suspension is for one year, with the last six months of the term stayed, meaning Plough's will regain his license to practice law in January.
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This specific use of the word stayed underground for a while, living in its own context...
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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This specific use of the word stayed underground for a while, living in its own context...
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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This specific use of the word stayed underground for a while, living in its own context...
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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This specific use of the word stayed underground for a while, living in its own context...
Nora Younkin: What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary' Nora Younkin 2011
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The title stayed in Europe only a little while longer until it moved to America as industrialists challenged each other in the 20th century with the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and then the Willis (Sears) Tower.
Howard Steven Friedman: World's Tallest Building Back Home in the Middle East...Forever? 2010
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His ‘joking’ comments at the beginning of the term stayed with me.
Excuses, Excuses....Excused: The Teacher Learns A Lesson Tenured Radical 2009
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Her expression stayed blank and still, and I hesitated, wondering whether or not to yell for help.
Thin Air Rachel Caine 2007
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Of course her expression stayed fixed, her eyes closed.
Say When Elizabeth Berg 2003
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