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STATELY

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stately adjectiv

1. maiestos; impunător; falnic, mândru;

stately bearing ţinută falnică.

2. demn.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

"Oh, my best! oh, my dearest! pause—reflect!" was her mama's cry; but she swept past her in stately silence, passed through the door which Colonel Dent held open, and we heard her enter the library.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

She talked on, therefore, without interruption from any of them, till they were joined by Mr. Collins, who entered the room with an air more stately than usual, and on perceiving whom, she said to the girls, Now, I do insist upon it, that you, all of you, hold your tongues, and let me and Mr. Collins have a little conversation together.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The red-room was a square chamber, very seldom slept in, I might say never, indeed, unless when a chance influx of visitors at Gateshead Hall rendered it necessary to turn to account all the accommodation it contained: yet it was one of the largest and stateliest chambers in the mansion.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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