Full of or marked by dignity and seriousness

• staid

  1. (Rare) Resisting change; fixed
  2. Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.
  3. Serious, organized, and professional; sober

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  1. (Rare) Resisting change; fixed
  2. Characterized by sedateness and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; serious and conventional.
  3. Serious, organized, and professional; sober

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• somber

  1. Mentally depressed or depressing; melancholy
  2. Earnest and solemn; grave
  3. Serious; grave:

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  1. Mentally depressed or depressing; melancholy
  2. Earnest and solemn; grave
  3. Serious; grave:

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• solemn

  1. Made with deep sincerity or invoking the force of religion:
  2. Serious or grave
  3. Serious and dignified:

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  1. Made with deep sincerity or invoking the force of religion:
  2. Serious or grave
  3. Serious and dignified:

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• sober

  1. Serious or staid in character or conduct:
  2. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:
  3. Serious, solemn, grave, or sedate

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  1. Serious or staid in character or conduct:
  2. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:
  3. Serious, solemn, grave, or sedate

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• serious

  1. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  2. Concerned with important rather than trivial matters:
  3. Not joking or trifling:

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  1. Requiring or carried out with careful thought or concern:
  2. Concerned with important rather than trivial matters:
  3. Not joking or trifling:

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• grave

  1. (--- Theol.) So evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal
  2. Fraught with danger or harm:
  3. Requiring serious thought; important; weighty

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  1. (--- Theol.) So evil as to cause spiritual death; mortal
  2. Fraught with danger or harm:
  3. Requiring serious thought; important; weighty

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• earnest

  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:
  2. Serious and intense; not joking or playful; sincere, ardent, etc.

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  1. Showing or expressing sincerity or seriousness:
  2. Serious and intense; not joking or playful; sincere, ardent, etc.

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