stately
adj.adj. impressive and grand in a slow, serious way. You use this to describe things like large old houses or a person who moves with great dignity.
adj. characterised by a dignified, impressive, or grand appearance or manner. Often describes physical structures or deliberate, slow movement.
The queen walked into the room with a stately pace.
The wedding was held at a stately home surrounded by hundreds of acres of private parkland.
The ship made a stately progress across the harbour, its massive hull barely seeming to disturb the glassy surface of the water.
From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly. Compare stour. By surface analysis, state + -ly (adjectival suffix).
From Middle English stately, statli, equivalent to state + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Typically used attributively before a noun; often modifies 'home', 'pace', or 'manner'.
He walked statelily down the hallHe walked in a stately mannerAlthough it ends in -ly, this word is an adjective, not an adverb; it cannot modify a verb directly.