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  • n  an elaborate manner of doing something
    she served coffee with great stateliness
  • n  impressiveness in scale or proportion

  • The superb fight scenes (choreographed by Tony Ching Siu-tung) have a steely stateliness that suits the film's gravity.
  • That gives Tetro the stateliness of silent films, just as the use of glistening or sepulchral black-and-white brings some of the glamour of classic Hollywood.
  • Warmth becomes an issue in the succession as Diana's death moves even the imperturable Windsors, making sorrow the visible equal of stateliness.
News & Articles

  • Ivanka's Obsession Gets D.C. Post Office the Trump Hotel Treatment
    BOSTON (TheStreet) -- The press release reads like Architectural Digest, describing design that will be a nod to American's European heritage with references to Romanesque elements. The building's masculinity and stateliness will be juxtaposed with soft furnishings. ...
    Sept. 26, 2013 - TheStreet.com
Quotes

  • Georgi Parvanov in Sofia Echo
    On the day of your accession to the Holy See, I sincerely wish you health, strength and energy, so that your stateliness and wisdom will enlighten and empower the people in this dynamic and troubled world,Purvanov said.

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