staid
31staid — adj grave, serious, somber, sober, sedate, solemn; quiet, pensive, introspective, thoughtful; settled, steady going, steady, sober minded, sobersided, serious minded; proper, formal, rigid, stiff, starched, prim, Inf. stuffy, Inf. tight, Sl.,… …
32staid — [steɪd] adj serious and rather boring …
33staid — /steɪd / (say stayd) adjective 1. of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious. 2. Rare fixed, settled, or permanent. –verb 3. Obsolete a past tense and past participle of stay1. {variant of stayed, past participle of stay1} –staidly …
34staid — see STAY …
35staid — stayed …
36staid — adj. of quiet and steady character; sedate. Derivatives: staidly adv. staidness n. Etymology: = stayed, past part. of STAY(1) …
37stayed — staid …
38staidly — staid·ly …
39serious-minded — staid, solemn, having a grave nature …
40mom-and-pop — staid and old fashioned Like your aged parents and often of a small retail business: ... a small time mom and pop dope store would be allowed to flourish unmolested. (McBain, 1981) Some figurative use: Are you gonna be a mom and… …