Staidness
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The quality or state of being staid; seriousness; steadiness;sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or Ant: levity.If sometimes he appears too gray, yet a secret gracefulness of youthaccompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of agewanting. Dryden.
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