staid vs stayed :

staid or stayed

“Staid” is an adjective often used to label somebody who is rather stodgy and dull, a stick-in-the mud. But in modern English the past tense of the verb “stay” is “stayed”: “I stayed at the office late hoping to impress my boss.”

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Definitions
  staid
  • s  characterized by dignity and propriety
News & Articles
  staid
  • Wisconsin employee allegedly embezzled $117,000 for escort services
    Working at Kohler Co., the plumbing fixtures company, apparently was a bit staid for a Sheboygan man, who prosecutors say tried to embezzle more than $117,000 to fly escorts from Las Vegas to the Milwaukee area and for other expenses related to that enterprise.
    June 7, 2013 - Pioneer Press
  • Wisconsin employee allegedly embezzled $117,000 for escort services
    Working at Kohler Co., the plumbing fixtures company, apparently was a bit staid for a Sheboygan man, who prosecutors say tried to embezzle more than $117,000 to fly escorts from Las Vegas to the Milwaukee area and for other expenses related to that enterprise.
    June 7, 2013 - Pioneer Press
  • Kohler Co. employee charged with embezzling $117,000 for escort services
    Working at Kohler Co. apparently was a bit staid for a Sheboygan man, who prosecutors say tried to embezzle more than $117,000 to fly escorts from Las Vegas to the Milwaukee area, and for other expenses related to that enterprise.
    June 6, 2013 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  stayed