Antonyms for stolidity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : stol-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɒl ɪd


Definition of stolidity

Origin :
  • 1560s (implied in stolidity), from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, brutish," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)).
  • noun apathy
Example sentences :
  • His manner, however, made no impression on Timmins's stolidity.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • He had learnt his virtue by observing Peggy, an Indian virtue at that—stolidity.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • Her stolidity of manner and her logic, ponderous and irresistible, had their effect.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A kind of English stolidity about them baffled him—ten of them remained ten.
  • Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy
  • In some fashion its silence and stolidity steadied her for her errand.
  • Extract from : « Actions and Reactions » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Her stolidity showed no anxiety; she was too sure of the result.
  • Extract from : « A Christmas Accident and Other Stories » by Annie Eliot Trumbull
  • Stolidity is the pet affectation of the breed; at heart he is as garrulous as an ape.
  • Extract from : « Two on the Trail » by Hulbert Footner
  • Later, we had another instance of his stolidity; that was when crossing a salt lake.
  • Extract from : « Spinifex and Sand » by David W Carnegie
  • With all its rude plainness and stolidity, he loved the German mind.
  • Extract from : « Wagner as I Knew Him » by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
  • These Indians are particularly exasperating by their laziness and stolidity.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 » by William James

Synonyms for stolidity

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