- sedate: characterized by dignity and propriety
- (staidly) gravely: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar"
- (staidness) sedateness: a trait of dignified seriousness
- Serious, organized, and professional; sober; Always fixed in the same location; stationary
- (staidly) In a staid manner
- (adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained (The staid butler never changed his expression no matter what happened.)
- sober, sedate, settled.