Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "statig" is om 'n waardige, indrukwekkende en grootse voorkoms of manier te hê. Dit kan ook verwys na iets wat majestueus of indrukwekkend is in grootte, voorkoms of styl.
All wore stately black like the powerful back row of a chess board, city officials, representatives of the arts, ministers of every stripe.
Don Quixote promised to follow his advice scrupulously, and it was arranged forthwith that he should watch his armour in a large yard at one side of the inn so, collecting it all together, Don Quixote placed it on a trough that stood by the side of a well, and bracing his buckler on his arm he grasped his lance and began with a stately air to march up and down in front of the trough, and as he began his march night began to fall.
The desk top is empty save for his computer and, open atop his keyboard, the letter acknowledging receipt of his application to secure a commission of indigenous artworks for La Mareta, a stately home soon to be opened to the public.
The place looked like a college campus, with laughing students walking among huge trees to stately old buildings.
It turned out to be a listed building, a small stately hall with splendid gardens.
It was a controversial request, the house less a gallery and more a stately home.
After a pause of a moment, he proceeded, in his stately way, to the door, drew back the ponderous bolts, unhooked the heavy chains, and began to draw it open.
I hurried back, parked a block away and hoofed it to the grounds of stately Delp Manor.
Next there presented itself to my sight a stately royal palace or castle, with walls that seemed built of clear transparent crystal and through two great doors that opened wide therein, I saw coming forth and advancing towards me a venerable old man, clad in a long gown of mulberry-coloured serge that trailed upon the ground.
Stately grounds, arcing old trees, attentive students marching on their way to class.
