STAIDNESS, noun Sobriety; gravity; steadiness; regularity; the opposite of wildness.
If he sometimes appears too gay, yet a secret gracefulness of youth accompanies his writings, though the staidness and sobriety of age be wanting.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.