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staid

/steɪd/ adjective C2
  1. Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

Comparative staider · Superlative staidest

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Perhaps by the time you return to Paris, I shall be quite a sober, staid father of a family!
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 414 · C1

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