stately• The frontage was stately and symmetrical, promising similar qualities within.• She turned and walked back in the same statelymanner as before.• a stately old house• Even more statelypleasuredomes were being built in Newport.• The statelystonegatepiers of the Bishop's Palaceconfronted them.• The long, flowing manes and tails were like silk and their high-stepping stately walk was a delight to watch.