staidness
Calm, reserved manner
Staidness is the quality of being sedate, serious, and resistant to change—a settled composure that avoids frivolity or spontaneity.
The word carries a faintly disapproving edge, suggesting excessive sobriety: The staidness of the proceedings left younger attendees restless.
It implies dignity at the cost of liveliness.
Ability to restrain impulses
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- reserveSupply kept back
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
austerity · inhibition · composure · sedateness · soberness · circumspection · reticence · understatement
Fitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- dignityInnate personal worth
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
etiquette · protocol · courtesy · civility · punctilio · gravitas · seriousness · correctness
Resistance to displacement
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
firmness · solidity · predictability · unchangingness · consistency · immutability · unflappability · evenness
Custom passed through generations
- conventionalityAdherence to accepted customs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- conformityAdherence to norms
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
caution · reserve · old-fashionedness · traditionalism · propriety · establishment · bourgeois · institutional
self-control
Ability to restrain impulses
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- reserveSupply kept back
sobriety · austerity · inhibition · composure · sedateness · soberness · circumspection · reticence · understatement · impassivity
decorum
Fitting social conduct
ceremony · etiquette · protocol · courtesy · civility · punctilio · gravitas · seriousness · correctness · primness
stability
Resistance to displacement
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
- dependabilityConsistent trustworthy nature
steadfastness · firmness · solidity · predictability · unchangingness · consistency · immutability · unflappability · evenness · levelheadedness
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- conventionalityAdherence to accepted customs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- conformityAdherence to norms
prudence · caution · reserve · old-fashionedness · traditionalism · propriety · establishment · bourgeois · institutional · stuffiness
staidnessliveliness
Animated, energetic quality
vivacity · exuberance · animation · ebullience · spiritedness
staidnesslevity
Lack of seriousness
frivolity · lightheartedness · playfulness · flippancy · frivolousness
staidnessspontaneity
Acting without forethought
adventurousness · impulsiveness · whimsicality · capriciousness · unconventionality
stay, station, state, stable, distant, statue, understand, status, establish