different between stately vs grandiose
stately
English
Etymology
From state +? -ly. Compare stour.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ste?tli/
Adjective
stately (comparative statelier, superlative stateliest)
- Of people: worthy of respect; dignified, regal.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Of movement: deliberate, unhurried; dignified.
- Grand, impressive, imposing.
Derived terms
- stately home
Translations
Adverb
stately (comparative more stately, superlative most stately)
- In a stately manner.
Anagrams
- Sattley, stylate
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grandiose
English
Etymology
From French grandiose, from Italian grandioso, from Latin grandis (“great, grand”) (English grand). Doublet of grandioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æn.di???s/, /???æn.di.??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Adjective
grandiose (comparative more grandiose, superlative most grandiose)
- Large and impressive, in size, scope or extent.
- Pompous or pretentious.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- grandiose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- grandiose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- grandiose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- angroside, diagnoser, dragonise, organdies, organised
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grandioso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????.djoz/
- Homophone: grandioses
- Rhymes: -oz
Adjective
grandiose (plural grandioses)
- grandiose
Related terms
- grand
Further reading
- “grandiose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Adjective
grandiose
- inflection of grandios:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
grandiose f pl
- feminine plural of grandioso
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
grandiose
- definite singular/plural of grandios
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