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Middle English staately

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stately · adjective¹

Middle English · inherited fromstaately
English todaystately

From Middle English staately, staatly, stateli, statelie, stately, statelyche, statelye, statli, statly. Compare stour. By surface analysis, state + -ly (adjectival suffix).

stately · adverb²

Middle English · inherited fromstately
English todaystately

From Middle English stately, statli, equivalent to state + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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