Dignified vs. Stately — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dignified and Stately
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Definitions
Dignified
Having or expressing dignity.
Stately
Impressive and dignified, as in size or appearance; majestic
Stately mansions.
Dignified
Having an attitude or bearing that connotes respectability and poise.
Stately
Dignified and slow; measured
A stately procession.
A dirge in a stately tempo.
Dignified
Simple past tense and past participle of dignify
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Stately
Of respect; dignified, regal.
Dignified
Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.
Stately
(of movement) Deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
Dignified
Having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance;
Her dignified demeanor
The director of the school was a dignified white-haired gentleman
Stately
Grand; impressive; imposing.
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Dignified
Having or showing self-esteem
Stately
In a stately manner.
Stately
Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, stately manners; a stately gait.
Here is a silly stately style indeed!
Stately
Majestically; loftily.
Stately
Impressive in appearance;
A baronial mansion
An imposing residence
A noble tree
Severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
Stately columns
Stately
Of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
Stately
Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court;
A courtly gentleman
